252120736074: John Young Gemini portrait

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Author	Topic: 252120736074: John Young Gemini portrait
11Boron12 Member Posts: 79 From: Mannheim, Germany Registered: Nov 2014	posted 10-11-2015 09:33 AM Just would like to know if this John Young autograph is authentic or autopen?
calcheyup Member Posts: 125 From: Registered: May 2014	posted 10-11-2015 10:55 PM Autopen. Matches Pattern 2 here and has the wobbles and dots, as well.
Lunar rock nut Member Posts: 911 From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A. Registered: Feb 2007	posted 10-12-2015 06:19 AM Agree with the post above. When magnified to 400% one can see the characteristic wobbling of the autopen machine in the loops of J,Y and the G in the signature. Plus the tell tale dots from the placement of the pen head at the beginning and end of John and Young where the pen head blots the picture.
11Boron12 Member Posts: 79 From: Mannheim, Germany Registered: Nov 2014	posted 10-12-2015 10:51 AM Thanks a lot.

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