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I've never been partial to "clipped signatures" and won't purchase them.

I'd like to forum members' opinion regarding signatures that have been clipped from letters/documents.

Personally, I believe clipping signatures from their original context compromises their value. I haven't nor will I buy a clipped signature.

What do forum members think?

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Permalink Reply by Martin Peters on May 24, 2024 at 4:35pm

Most of the time I would have to agree. But then there are other times where options are limited and you gratefully take what you can get.

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Permalink Reply by Garrett Meadows on May 24, 2024 at 4:43pm

You make a good point, especially if it is signature of someone who rarely signed anything.

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Permalink Reply by JK on May 24, 2024 at 4:41pm

Generally speaking I'm not interested in them but I'm sure there could be exceptions.

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Permalink Reply by Garrett Meadows on May 24, 2024 at 4:44pm

I'm like you, but I can't even bring myself to consider an "exception."

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Permalink Reply by JK on May 24, 2024 at 4:54pm

For me it can get murky. Is a 3x5 cut really any different than a 3x5 index card? If the cut is obviously removed from something else then I would have a tough time looking past that. It's autograph vandalism.

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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on May 24, 2024 at 4:57pm

While I do not like it I have bought clipped autographs of very rare people. Joseph H. Hamilton a veteran character actor from The Andy Griffith Show and The Twilight Zone I have only seen three authentic signatures two from the same studio tax document and I have one of those. I do not frame items so really prefer they be intact. I would have paid far more for whole document, but it was already cut by the time it got on eBay. I have a Karl Svenson that was cut from an endorsed check. I have Irene Ryan that was cut I am pretty sure from an album page. I paid a fraction of what I would have for the whole document. Clipped signatures used to be very popular when I started collecting in the early 70s. Often, they were mounted on an album page or card. So, if it is the only way to get the signature I will buy.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Board NEW & Improved on May 24, 2024 at 10:00pm

I love that in the original post you wrote "I believe clipping signatures from their original context compromises their value."

OF COURSE IT DOES !!!!!!

That being said, like most people, I don't like them. And it's odd because, I don't frame my autographs, so it really shouldn't bother me. But it still does.