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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on June 5, 2016 at 4:15pm

Nested replies only go so deep, Eric. That's why you couldn't reply. Autographs are like a lot of other things: sometimes you don't know what you want until you see it.

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on June 5, 2016 at 5:25pm

For Nicholas:

"One last thing: Ask for a high-resolution version of the autograph to make sure there isn't too much feathering."

Feathering is when there is insufficient sizing on the paper or index card (either from manufacture or age) and this makes the paper very absorbent and the ink can run along the paper fibers/spread out. When  dim forgers use old paper torn from books and such and add ink signatures this feathering is often a reveal.

Eric

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on June 7, 2016 at 8:03pm

I just reread what I wrote - there are other types of "feathering" - I was describing just one.

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