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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on April 23, 2012 at 3:55am

this is a tough one.  it has some positives, but the spacing in Paul seems off.  Maybe Roger can take a look for you.

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Permalink Reply by roger epperson on April 23, 2012 at 11:11am

Hopefully you can get the ink off without hurting the finish as it is not Paul's signature

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Permalink Reply by Jim on April 23, 2012 at 5:26pm

And that is based on what information?I've found a few links online to other signed items that seems to be a VERY close match (though no signature will match exactly, there are repeated similarities.
http://beatlesautographs.com/Solo-PaulMcCartneyImages1.htm   and
http://spotlightauthentics.com/hollywood-stars-movie-signed-memorai...     (look at the second Muhammad Ali pic)

Both are strikingly similar.

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Permalink Reply by Jim on April 23, 2012 at 6:23pm

Well the 5 or so signatures on Rodger's site are ALL different in format, spacing, version of the last name, the First C and Second C etc... And NONE of them look similar to the the one on Frank's Site. I'm not saying Rodger's aren't valid, but they are different. And of all those mine is most like the one on Franks' site - especially in the CC and underline even including the curl back at the end of the underline (you have to zoom mine up to see that).

All I'm asking for is for him to explain why is not a valid signature when comparing it to those he has, and the other samples I sent. It was an easy simple and polite request. Your input was typical of internet chatter - worthless since you added no value and didn't provide any worthwhile facts - just criticism. Save the forum space for people who add to the conversation.

As to spotlightauthentics - yep it happens and I have quotes from Paul saying "Why am I signing this baseball - I don't even play baseball".  They are those people that are just collecting the autographs for profit - they don't care what it is on.

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Permalink Reply by Bobby Livingston on April 24, 2012 at 4:03pm

I am grateful that Roger Epperson participates free of charge in these discussions.  Roger consults on a professional basis with RR Auction on thousands of signatures each year. You may rest assured that the opinion he has given you here at your request is a valid one.  

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Permalink Reply by Bjarne Soderholm on April 23, 2012 at 6:23pm

I looked at Spotlightauthentics and didn't find anything that I thought was genuine. I don't know who have signed the autographs, but it's not the band members mentioned in the descriptions.

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Permalink Reply by Rich on April 28, 2012 at 9:37am

Forgeries on that site range from poor to spectacularly poor.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on April 23, 2012 at 6:39pm

I agree with Jim that the McCartney on his bass looks very much like the ones on the spotlightauthentics site that he references,  which supports Roger's opinion, because the signatures on that site are bogus.   

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