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I'm curious what members might know about identifying authentic Boris Karloff signed photographs.  I believe I've heard that most signed simply with "Sincerely" or his name alone are secretarial (a 5"x7" example below). 

Is it a safer bet to look only at ones that have been dedicated to a particular recipient?

Thanks for any info.!

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That is not one I would want in my collection.  For many A-list people a 5x7 is often secretarial if that is of any help.

S'funny you should ask 'cos I was interested in an auction recently where his autograph was in an autograph  book and the auctioneer did not publish a picture of that particular one. I asked but they failed to answer in time. Infuriating. 

A couple of examples for sale where I believe the sellers in question would exercise due diligence but I cannot tell about their ability to distinguish between authentic and secretarial.

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Obvious differences between the two, bearing out your theory.

Thanks for weighing in guys.  I've seen these Karloff signed "Sincerely" photos commanding healthy prices but have been wary of them.  I believe I've heard that he even travelled with pre-signed secretarial photos and handed them out to fans when approached at the time of stage appearances.   

I think he's more scarce in authentic form than many (including dealers) really appreciate.

Here's an authentic Karloff document sig. from around the time of the photo I posted.  Sure is close.  But no cigar, I guess.  One thing I've noticed on authentic Karloff sigs. is that he seems to have often added a dot after his surname.  The photo doesn't have that.

Stan Laurel did that, also.  I do not believe I ever saw an authentic one without it.

Yep....Stan did do that with the "dot" at the end of his name.  Bud Abbott also did it often in the 40's.

Thought I had one on here so this is the link to mine:

BORIS KARLOFF Autograph - Autograph Live (autographmagazine.com)

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