John Wayne autograph

Hi everyone! I am new here, so if I do anything I shouldn't please let me know.

I have a John Wayne autograph that has some curious points I hope you can help me with. 

First is the J in John. Usually, he signed with a large loop on the top. This one is opposite. But I found two known examples that are pretty close. It looks like a large inverted "B" on the examples I found.

The ink looks to be right and seems to have some ridges. I need a more powerful loop (I am getting one). The "W" appears to push into the paper, but that may be a bend. 

He usually signed "Good Luck". But I did find a couple of known signed "Best Wishes".

One of my big concerns is the photo. It is yellowed on the original, but it is a copy on white photo paper. Would Wayne have used a photo like this? You can see the yellow edge on the clean white paper. I suppose it could have been supplied by the fan?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. It has some interesting features that I think a faker would not think of. 

Tags: cowboys, john, wayne, westerns

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on September 13, 2025 at 11:22am

That is a very poor forgery, sorry.

Permalink Reply by Steve on September 13, 2025 at 5:28pm

Agreed 

Permalink Reply by george bonilla on September 13, 2025 at 8:32pm

Hi guys are you replying to me or Eric?

Permalink Reply by george bonilla on September 13, 2025 at 8:37pm

The photo above is throwing me off. Is that a authentic autograph to compare to or is it a poor forgery? 

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on September 14, 2025 at 5:01am

Hi George, that was shown was an authentic example from RR Auctions. Sorry for the confusion.

Permalink Reply by eddy on September 13, 2025 at 9:52pm

george -  I'm afraid yours is not even close to being real.  Sorry.

Permalink Reply by george bonilla on September 16, 2025 at 5:27am

Hi guys, in no way am I disagreeing or trying to convince you. But I found a couple that are authentic also and pretty similar. Particularly the switch back "o" and the "h"s. What are your thoughts?

Permalink Reply by george bonilla on September 16, 2025 at 5:28am

Permalink Reply by george bonilla on September 16, 2025 at 5:30am

And look at the lower case "s" on each example. 

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on September 16, 2025 at 6:04am

They are different. Still a forgery, sorry.

Permalink Reply by eddy on September 16, 2025 at 7:09am

george -

Those last two you showed are both not from Wayne's hand.  The second one is a classic 60s/70s secretarial.  The first is either a forgery or a very stylized secretarial from an earlier era. 

With your permission, I would like to show the exemplar you began with on a small classic Hollywood autograph collecting group site that I administer. I think members there they would find it interesting as an example of what has been passed off on the market as from Wayne's hand.

Permalink Reply by george bonilla on September 18, 2025 at 5:57am

Please feel free to show them! I am glad you can get use of it! You have been very informative, and it is greatly appreciated!

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