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Ianhetho
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posted 04-26-2019 01:55 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ianhetho   Click Here to Email Ianhetho     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Can anyone please confirm my thoughts on two items on eBay this week? The first is an Apollo 11 crew signed cover I believe to be all autopen, eBay 333136355435.

The other one is a Jack Swigert but I'm not sure at all with it. The price is high though. eBay 333136355324.

They are both from the same seller. Thanks in advance.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-26-2019 12:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You are correct, the Apollo 11 signature are autopens.

As for the Swigert, it looks to be an autopen as well, though one where the operator was either pulling the cover through sloppily or bumping the machine while it was operating. Overlaying the known pattern shows segments of the signature that line up exactly, which would not happen naturally.

eurospace
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posted 05-03-2019 03:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for eurospace   Click Here to Email eurospace     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Even though the typed message on the envelope says "printed matter," the autographs are not printed, but autopens.

Before you ask: the cover "signed" by Fred Haise offered by the same seller is not "printed" either.

albatron
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posted 05-03-2019 04:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for albatron   Click Here to Email albatron     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Has anyone notified the seller? I just did.

I gave him the link to the Astronaut Autopen guide, explained how autopens work, and he said he'd "check the signatures against the guide." He also reports he got them from a "German Philatelist."

Usual responses, let's see what he does. If he doesn't remove them shortly I'll try reporting him.

Ianhetho
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posted 05-03-2019 10:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ianhetho   Click Here to Email Ianhetho     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I wrote to him too and got an aggressive reply.

albatron
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posted 05-04-2019 03:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for albatron   Click Here to Email albatron     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well, he agreed they were autopens, said he "paid through the nose for them through a German philatelist", yet no movement on modifying or removing.

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