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Permalink Reply by Richard Booth on July 7, 2021 at 10:18am

As far as I was aware, Ray never signed anything. He always said ‘I don’t sign anything I can’t see’.

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Permalink Reply by michelle on July 7, 2021 at 10:34am

 awful lot of money someone has just forked out

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on July 7, 2021 at 11:00am

Yes, he did! :)

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Permalink Reply by a pug called eva on July 7, 2021 at 11:36am

I already posted the OP item to a huge Ray Charles thread in which the issue of whether he signed is discussed at length. I think Charles did sign on very rare occasions - at least I hope so as I have an example.

Here's a link:

https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/ray-charles-signatu...

The OP item looks very similar to the "presumed genuine" examples I've seen - including mine - but £2,200 before commission seems a lot for such an indistinct autograph.

My Charles is buried in the above-mentioned thread but here it is anyway:

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Permalink Reply by michelle on July 9, 2021 at 2:54am

I think maybe people relied too much on the so called 'solid' provenance as the sig is so faint, either way it is strange it sold for so much money imo

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