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1972 John Lennon w/ doodle - Real?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 28, 2014 at 11:54am

Great autograph to discuss, Bruce. My vote is that it's real. I'm looking forward to the opinions from members who really study Lennon, tho.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on November 28, 2014 at 12:57pm

not sure about this one Steve, I don't like it. just looks off to me.

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Permalink Reply by Vestland on November 28, 2014 at 1:11pm

+1... compares to this one from 1972 (from gottahaveit sold for $4400 in 2011) it looks wrong...

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Permalink Reply by Vestland on November 28, 2014 at 1:14pm

and another one...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 28, 2014 at 1:13pm

I'm not sure either, Terrier. It does look off, but I think it's got a chance. I think it's worth discussing.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 28, 2014 at 1:15pm

OK...That's evidence against it. Let's keep going.

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Permalink Reply by spaceman on November 28, 2014 at 1:20pm

I believe this has issues. I would say that the signature is take on John's mid 70s style and the facial doodle is very unusual.

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Permalink Reply by Vestland on November 28, 2014 at 1:27pm

I think the forger has mixed Johns 63 style with his mid/late 70s style of signature.. words like "love" and "to" he has used his mid 60`s style while he has used mid/late 70s on his signature... if you compare the 2 I compare against it you will see that they are written by same person (JL) but not the same person as the one Bruce posted in this discussion...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 28, 2014 at 2:06pm

The slant seems to be off, too. More to the right than slightly left. Are there examples where he crossed his 7?

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on November 28, 2014 at 2:15pm

yes, I have seen examples where the 7 was crossed

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Permalink Reply by Vestland on November 28, 2014 at 2:28pm

Here`s a few handwritten letters from JL from 1972 from the book "Letters from John lennon".. on one of the letters he has inscribed the year with the 7 crossed..