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Topic: Authentic Neil Armstrong signature?
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liftoff
Member Posts: 45
From: Watt, Switzerland
Registered: Jun 2008
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posted 04-22-2010 03:47 PM
   
Recently I purchased a Neil Armstrong signature. You can see it here. What do you think: is it authentic or not?Thanks for your opinion. |
liebeek
Member Posts: 247
From: the netherlands
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 04-22-2010 04:40 PM
Niel??? |
liftoff
Member Posts: 45
From: Watt, Switzerland
Registered: Jun 2008
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posted 04-22-2010 04:48 PM
I bought it from an man at the flea market. He had a folder with lots of signed photos. Especially movie stars. In my opinion genuine (I've collected autographs from movie stars). Have only paid a few dollars.I noticed "Niel". However, I have often seen in normal signatures the same phenomenon when someone has signed very quickly. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 04-22-2010 05:23 PM
I don't think it's authentic. The spelling of "Neil" aside (something which is never in doubt when you view the exemplars), the signature has several other problems which I believe bring serious doubt to it's authenticity.Hopefully you didn't pay too much for it... |
MrSpace86
Member Posts: 1618
From: Gardner, KS, USA
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 04-23-2010 01:38 PM
Did Neil even sign pictures of his alternate portrait (the non-smiling pic)? I don't think I have seen an actual authentic example of it so far, but I could be wrong. The photo looks way too new. |
SpaceSteve
Member Posts: 428
From: San Antonio TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 04-23-2010 02:46 PM
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Originally posted by mjanovec:
I don't think it's authentic.
I agree... too many things wrong with it. I say it's fake. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 04-23-2010 04:49 PM
quote:
Originally posted by MrSpace86:
Did Neil even sign pictures of his alternate portrait (the non-smiling pic)?
I don't believe Neil ever sent out this portrait style. For his WSS portrait, he stuck to sending out the official NASA lithos that have the smiling portrait. I would guess that any authentic signed non-smiling WSS images are quite uncommon...and would likely only occur when the collector provided the photo for Neil to sign. |
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