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Signature Study for Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Gregory Peck and Glenn Ford

Can anyone point me in the direction for any of the aboves signature studies/tells etc

Thanks

Grant

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Permalink Reply by Lou reves on September 19, 2011 at 12:56pm

http://uacc.org/sinatra_study.php

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Permalink Reply by Grant Davis on September 19, 2011 at 2:01pm

Great - thanks

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Permalink Reply by Brick Hunter on September 20, 2011 at 8:15pm

Well... here's the most well-known and most often sold Sammy Davis Jr. autograph. It's a well-known secretarial too. They're very often almost identical and include inscriptions like "Peace" or "Peace & Love". In authentic examples, the Jr. is usually below the baseline of the rest of the signature. These ones often have the "Jr." below the signature entirely. As for Gregory Peck, I don't see many secretarials, mostly just badly done forgeries and a number of good signatures

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Permalink Reply by Grant Davis on September 20, 2011 at 8:40pm

top stuff - thanks Brick

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Permalink Reply by Grant Davis on September 21, 2011 at 1:22am

Any thoughts Brick or anyone??

This one could be a reprint?

Supposedly Davis plus Rowan and Martin

Steve - is this in the right forum????

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Permalink Reply by Brick Hunter on October 7, 2011 at 9:07pm

Hey, Grant. This is the first time I'm seeing these Sammy pictures you posted. The first one looks rather shaky but not too much like his later examples to me. It looks like a reprint of a secretarial or a forgery.

The second one is probably genuine. I've seen ones where Sammy doesn't loop through the "S" in Sammy with the end of the "D" in Davis and then crosses through both of them afterward as what I would presume is a finishing touch. That and the "avi" in "Davis" make me think it was a fast sign.

Here's a perfect early example of Sammy's signature that sold on eBay today or yesterday.

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Permalink Reply by Brick Hunter on October 8, 2011 at 12:11am

As I look at the first image more, the more I believe it's just a forgery. I don't think that's Sammy's nor his secretary's handwriting. I don't think it's a secretarial, the first big reason, because the "P" in "Peace" is made without lifting the pen in secretarials I've seen. Here there's a lift in the pen to finish the "P". Also, this is clearly a very small and under-formed "s" in "Davis" which isn't consistent with Sammy's authentic signature nor his secretarial. Then there's the shakiness. A lot of problems in the signature itself beyond the inscription. It gets worse the more I see it. Anyway, say so if you're still interested in Sammy Davis Jr. or Gregory Peck information/material.