Autograph's Johnny Cash Signature Study — Be Part of It!

Has there ever been a nicer, more humble, more fan friendly superstar than Johnny Cash?

Johnny was the Babe Ruth of Country Music—the top-ranking Country artist of all time and the most loved. And Johnny loved his fans as much as they love him. So while like the Babe, Cash signed untold numbers of autographs, the supply could never meet demand...and probably never will.

Fans who couldn't meet Cash in person often requested autographs through the mail. The common belief is that he personally autographed those requests. But between his demanding touring schedule and later, his failing health and vision, it seems impossible that he could have signed even half of the mail he received.

A growing number of collectors and dealers now believe that many if not most Johnny Cash through the mail autographs were secretarial. We want to see if we can identify any secretarial styles, and at the same time build a reference collection of no-question genuine Cash exemplars to help identifying forgeries.

 

Are There Johnny Cash Secretarials?
If So, How Do We Identify Them?
Help Find Out!

You can be an important part of the study in three ways:

  1. Upload into this discussion images of Johnny Cash autographs that you personally received through the mail, and tell us when you received them. (The year is fine, but if you know the date, even better.)
  2. Upload images of Johnny's autographs that YOU saw signed by Johnny yourself. Include the date or at least year, too. If you didn't see it signed yourself (like pre-signed ones sold or given away at shows), please don't upload it.
  3. As more and more images are uploaded, see if you can identify characteristics that are commonly found on Johnny's through the mail autographs that are rarely if ever seen on ones signed in person.

With your help, we can identify Cash secretarials if they're out there. Over time this should increase the value of genuine Johnny Cash autographs, and help protect future fans and collectors against autographs that aren't authentic. 

Once we finish this phase of the study, we'll go on to identifying genuine Johnny Cash autographs from forgeries.

Let's go!

Tags: Johnny, autographs, cash, genuine, mail, secretarial, the, through

Views: 51462

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Mark Roberts on May 14, 2014 at 7:33am

I am :)  I have 3 and keeping one.  The above is for sale or trade  :)

Mark

Permalink Reply by Mark Roberts on May 14, 2014 at 6:04pm

Any ideas on the VALUE of the above Johnny Cash Family cut??

thanks

Mark

Permalink Reply by David James on June 6, 2014 at 11:46am

I recently acquired this autographed item from a large estate. The previous owner was a serious collector. I would be interested in people's thoughts! Thank you!!!

Permalink Reply by william on June 6, 2014 at 4:02pm

I think I saved the ,mailer I sent the album Ill check it out.

Permalink Reply by Mark Shull on June 8, 2014 at 10:00am

Hi all! I just recently discovered this fantastic discussion. Very educational to say the least. This is my in-person Johnny Cash autograph. A friend of mine gave me the poster, and I had Johnny sign it after his show in Charlotte, NC on 2/2/95. I sat fron row center for the show and then met him at his bus. Truly a night I will never forget!

Permalink Reply by Renae on June 17, 2014 at 2:53am

Cash C.D autogragh

Attachments: No photo uploads here
Permalink Reply by Pen On Paper Collections on August 19, 2014 at 10:56am

Can anyone authenticate this Johnny Cash signature?

Permalink Reply by Big River 1955 on June 15, 2015 at 11:51am

Long time Cash collector here. Not one to put your money on. Not an authentic signature. 

Big River

Permalink Reply by Kristof Delarue on October 2, 2014 at 8:59am

Heres my johnny cash family signed poster from 1982.

Attachments: No photo uploads here
Permalink Reply by Big River 1955 on June 15, 2015 at 11:53am

Look

Permalink Reply by Teuchtler Philipp on November 22, 2015 at 6:12am

Permalink Reply by Alex Riffle on December 6, 2016 at 1:35pm

Any thoughts on the authenticity of this Johnny Cash signature? I've looked quite a bit at the suggested secretarials and authentic examples and still can't make up my mind. 

Attachments: No photo uploads here

RSS

© 2024   Created by Steve Cyrkin, Admin.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Privacy Policy  |  Terms of Service