posted 07-15-2016 01:13 PM
I am a vintage telescope collector and was in an antique store recently looking to see if they had any old telescopes. They did and I also saw a framed picture of Harrison Schmitt's "earth, flag" picture on the wall. It is signed and I picked it up for a wall decoration. I am not an autograph collector and know very little about the hobby.
The signature looks like an actual signature, not a copy but again, I'm not sure. I looked at comparisons of his known signature and to my untrained eye it looks good but again not sure. Was wondering if someone knowledgeable could look at it and see what you think. I realize that it can't be authenticated online but could it possibly be determined that it could be real.
JasonIUP Member
Posts: 282 From: PA Registered: Apr 2004
posted 07-15-2016 02:22 PM
Looks good to me!
Spacedawwg New Member
Posts: 2 From: USA Registered: Jul 2016
posted 07-15-2016 04:20 PM
Thanks for looking. I'm trying figure out how old the picture might be also. The font used for "NASA" suggests between '75 and '92. If the signature is real, it could have been signed anytime I guess.
Hart Sastrowardoyo Member
Posts: 3445 From: Toms River, NJ Registered: Aug 2000
posted 07-16-2016 12:35 PM
For what it's worth, I have an Alan Shepard b/w photo with the NASA worm logo on the front but a "vintage" back — a Washington, DC two-digit code used before the advent of zip codes. So sometimes the NASA logo can be a confusing identifier.