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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on August 14, 2014 at 4:05pm

Agree with Steve, not signed by Ray

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Permalink Reply by Bjarne Soderholm on August 14, 2014 at 5:33pm

I just have to agree with the others and say that this Ray Charles autograph is not genuine. I will try to get a copy of the book where I have seen one of the few real Ray Charles autographs and when you see it, you will see the difference between that autograph and your sisters.

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca Erdelyan on August 18, 2014 at 7:42am

that would be awesome to see an authentic specimen...very interesting! Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Booth on August 15, 2014 at 4:00am

This is not real. He was always a hard signature to obtain.

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Permalink Reply by Ian MEYER on August 16, 2014 at 11:50pm

Hello,

A few months ago, I have seen this one (See below) ! It was sold for 500 euros by a French seller xpautographs.com. I look for this autograph since many years. I was too reluctant to take a decision and the autograph was sold.  The seller told to got it personally.

If this autograph is genuine, I will be very sad to miss it... Besides, Ray dated !!!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 17, 2014 at 5:05am

That one is definitely a forgery.

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Permalink Reply by Ian MEYER on August 17, 2014 at 5:35am

Ok... it is a pity if this seller sells forgeries. Fortunately, I did not purchase it !

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Permalink Reply by Cogo on August 17, 2014 at 5:58am

Do you have any proof that this comes from XP Autographs? Because I know him as a honest dealer...

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Permalink Reply by Ian MEYER on August 17, 2014 at 8:20am

I regularly look at his updates. At the beginning of the year, he proposed this photo and I kept the image for my Ray Charles autographs archives. It was very quickly sold but I am sure that it was his website. If you know him well, you can only ask him if he sold this photo...In any case, somebody can prove that the photo comes from this site, it is the buyer. But I do not know him !

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 17, 2014 at 9:59am

Jan,

I don't know if XP Autographs is honest or not, but I searched their music for a few popular names and I didn't like what I saw. Here are a few:

Paul McCartney

Michael Jackson

I checked out some of their Movies/TV that I know, too, and was similarly concerned.

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Permalink Reply by Ian MEYER on August 17, 2014 at 10:48am

Looking on the web, I found the link showing the Ray Charles sale !

Here it is :

http://www.xpautographes.com/autograph-ray-charles-21554.html

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 17, 2014 at 10:55am

I don't know enough to speak to their honesty, but Ray Charles was blind by the time he was 7. He couldn't write like that. 

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