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nojnj
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posted 10-12-2013 02:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for nojnj   Click Here to Email nojnj     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Found this at an antique shop. Would appreciate opinions on authenticity and value.

Steve Zarelli
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posted 10-12-2013 10:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Steve Zarelli   Click Here to Email Steve Zarelli     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Can you post a larger closeup if the signature? Feel free to email it to me if you'd like.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 10-12-2013 11:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Steve, if you click on the cover above, it links to a larger version of the image (the link was initially broken but is now fixed).

nojnj
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posted 10-13-2013 09:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for nojnj   Click Here to Email nojnj     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
When looking at the cachet through a jeweler's magnifier, it seems to be made up of a series of various size dots. The ink of the signature is a slightly different color, and seems to cover up the dots making up the cachet. There is no bleed through from the signature.

Steve Zarelli
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posted 10-13-2013 05:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Steve Zarelli   Click Here to Email Steve Zarelli     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Presuming this is indeed real ink on paper (not some sort of print), it is authentic in my opinion. Very nice find.

nojnj
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posted 10-13-2013 05:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for nojnj   Click Here to Email nojnj     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What would the value be for this, assuming it is authentic, of course? Sure looks good to me. Not planning on selling it.

micropooz
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posted 10-14-2013 03:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for micropooz   Click Here to Email micropooz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well, another contributor to cS has recently listed a Joe Walker signed X-15 cover postmarked for Walker's 12/20/62 flight (no cachet, and with a stain) at $200, reduced the price to $150, and just now to $120.

I have not bought or sold Walker covers for many years, but remember $200 as the norm for primo covers with his autograph back then.

Now, with respect to your cover, the autograph definitely looks good (and it is definitely not Walker's rubber-stamped signature — yes, he had one). The cachet is breathtaking however, Sarzin had these cachets postmarked the day after Rushworth's astronaut-wings X-15 flight, not on the day of one of Walker's flights.

So, we have a bit of a quandary on value here. I'd say that $120 for any good Walker autograph, on any piece of paper, would be a bargain. And being on a Sarzin X-15 related cover may help, but not sure about that.

Any thoughts from the rest of the forum?

nojnj
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posted 10-14-2013 09:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for nojnj   Click Here to Email nojnj     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
WOW! That's great! $120 is a bargain for Walker's autograph? So $23 was pretty good investment, wouldn't you say?

micropooz
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posted 10-15-2013 04:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for micropooz   Click Here to Email micropooz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
An outstanding investment!!!

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