JOHN LENNON Opinions Please

Hello,

Around 10 years ago I shared images of TTM autographs (JOHN LENNON 1976) that I was very fortunate to receive and opinions here were mostly positive.  Several years ago, I requested and received COAs from Roger for the 45 sleeves and the sheet music, but at that time I did not request one for the piece of mat board (pictured) that was in the return envelope.

As I may be interested in trying to sell it sometime in the future, a COA or LOA from a respected TPA may or may not be benficial.  So, I submitted this photo along with some history information to a well-known authenticator and unfortunately, it was rejected - determined to be a "failure".

What say you?

Thanks for taking a look once again,

Steve

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on March 9, 2025 at 11:46pm

Documentable provenance can be quite important and valuable. Backstories are just that: stories. Could be true, could not.

Permalink Reply by a pug called eva To Steve Cyrkin, Admin on March 10, 2025 at 12:15am

That is very true Steve. The less the provenance is documentable, the less weight can be placed on it. The autograph must be plausible enough in itself, without any provenance. That said, if it is known when an autograph is supposed to have been obtained and under what circumstances I would have thought that must be relevant to making a final assessment. A Lennon that is supposed to have been signed "on the hoof" in early 1963 is obviously a very different animal to a Lennon that us supposed to have been obtained at a formal book signing in 1964. 

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