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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 30, 2016 at 4:03pm

I wouldn't call myself an Obama expert, but I think it is genuine. I don't see anything wrong with it. Obama's not a hard guy to forge, tho.

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Permalink Reply by Gio on January 30, 2016 at 4:17pm

Steve, I appreciate your opinion. I had a gut feeling it was authentic. True, because his signature consists of mainly 2 letters "B" and an "O." I heard it hard to authenticate him. 

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Permalink Reply by hitmanten on January 30, 2016 at 5:54pm

Looks good.

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Permalink Reply by Gio on January 30, 2016 at 8:23pm

Thanks for your help.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Maxwell on January 31, 2016 at 11:38am

The "O" is too big. Normally, the O is lower than the B. Everything else looks good, but for that reason, I would have PSA or JSA look at it. They have seen a ton of his, although I do t always agree with some of their decisions either. Obama is very tough to authenticate, for the reasons as mentioned above.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 31, 2016 at 11:47am

You're right, Ryan, the "O" is larger than usual. I couldn't find anything else irregular with the autograph, though. Can you?

This is Obama's autograph on a World Trade Center beam:

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on January 31, 2016 at 12:57pm

the B is shorter and squattier than normal.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Maxwell on January 31, 2016 at 2:02pm

I was watching this book on eBay too. I decided not to bid based on the size of the O. The B tends to vary in height of the bumps. President Obama significantly shortened his signature once he ran for the Presidency.
I'm not sure if the variations are due to him commonly being rushed or if the variances are from all the forgers who have done a decent job forging his signature. I see lots of Obama autographs on odd items (guitars, newer photos, etc) that I'm not sure I believe he would sign. If you watched his last State of the Union speech, while leaving, he signed for some but refused to sign any photos. Interesting situation we have here as I know he strongly dislikes signing.

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Permalink Reply by Gio on January 31, 2016 at 12:59pm

What I notice is that the second hump on the letter "B" is not fully developed and loops too early. But flow of the signature look good to me.

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Permalink Reply by Gio on January 31, 2016 at 1:06pm

On the Obama signature from the World Trade Center the "B" appears more tilted back then the one from the book which appears more upright.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 31, 2016 at 2:19pm

I think you did a good analysis here. Probably best to pass on it.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 31, 2016 at 2:23pm

Here's one signed in-person on his 2010 trip to Indonesia:

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