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John Lennon 1971

Is this fake or real, owners Uncle met John and Yoko at a book signing at Selfridges in London 1971.
George Harrington tipped of friend that they were going to be there, is it real?

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Permalink Reply by Mark Saunders on August 2, 2022 at 12:11pm

Not real

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 2, 2022 at 12:17pm

It's not real in my opinion. The signature and drawing are wrong. Most obvious in the autograph is that the H is far shorter than the L. When there's a significant difference in height, the L is far shorter than the H. Sometimes the L is just slightly shorter or they're about the same size, but that's it. The L is usually slanted to the right further than the H as well, but these have the same slant.

Lots more and that's before we get to the drawing.

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Permalink Reply by Ron Roper on August 2, 2022 at 12:50pm

Okay Steve thanks for your opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on August 2, 2022 at 1:19pm

Signature looks slowly drawn. And from a logic perspective... This was supposedly signed at a public book signing. Is John Lennon going to give a full signature and carefully done caricature at a book signing? Doesn't pass the smell test.

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Permalink Reply by Ron Roper on August 2, 2022 at 1:42pm

Hi Steve

The owner was personal friend of the Beatles, the Roadie George Harrington who worked

with the Beatles for a number of years and famously held up John’s lyrics during the roof top concert. George tipped off his friend to be at Selfridges and may have also

been there at the time of the signing?

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I found this photo on the web whilst at Selfridges book signing.

regards

Ron