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Topic: Authenticity of William Lenoir signed letter
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Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 10-22-2013 08:45 PM
   
I know Bill Lenoir signed his photos through the mail as "W B Lenoir," but I'm wondering about the letter accompanying it, if it was real as well or a printed signature (even though the content was geared to the asker). The signature at the bottom reads a full, "William B Lenoir," and I get suspicious when the letter and photo doesn't match. Had anybody kept those letters from Lenoir and knows for sure? |
Apollo-Soyuz
Member Posts: 1205
From: Shady Side, Md
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 10-23-2013 05:47 PM
Hart - Show a scan. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 10-24-2013 02:17 AM
Here it is: |
Apollo-Soyuz
Member Posts: 1205
From: Shady Side, Md
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 10-24-2013 06:24 AM
It does not look like any autopen pattern I know. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 10-24-2013 11:47 AM
Which, if it is real, is a puzzle: Why sign formally on a letter, even to an autograph collector, and first two initials and last name on a photo? Was it faster to do the latter, have a whole stack of them waiting to be sent out and then just customize and sign a form letter? |
Ross
Member Posts: 472
From: Australia
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 10-25-2013 07:37 AM
Hart, I suspect you have 'hit the nail on the head'. If I were an astronaut I would sign a pile of photos when I had some spare time and then send them out as necessary. It would also make sense to just use initials when doing a lot of signatures. But the letter is more likely to be personal and thus he may just happen to have signed it differently and with a longer version of his name. Just a thought! |
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