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Messier97
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posted 12-23-2021 06:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Messier97   Click Here to Email Messier97     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I would like to have your opinion on this signature from Alan Shepard, in a book "Moon Shot." Could it be genuine? Seems to me Shepard signed very differently from years to years.

fredtrav
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posted 12-24-2021 09:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for fredtrav   Click Here to Email fredtrav     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I am skeptical. It could be just a very rushed sloppy signature, but it is atypical. There are much better ones out there.

4allmankind
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posted 12-24-2021 11:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for 4allmankind   Click Here to Email 4allmankind     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Looks to me very much like some others I have seen him sign during that book tour.

kosmo
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posted 12-24-2021 01:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for kosmo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Does look like a late style signature, it’s such a shame, his early signatures were so nice looking.

chet
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posted 12-24-2021 11:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for chet   Click Here to Email chet     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Quite possibly authentic, as Shepard signed many copies in this "rushed" way...but is also sadly true there is no way to know. For this reason I never purchased copies of his book signed this way.

Messier97
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posted 12-28-2021 04:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Messier97   Click Here to Email Messier97     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for your replies and informations. In the end I decided not to purchase this book.

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