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Topic: Opinion on Mercury astronauts signed cover
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cvrlvr99 Member Posts: 197 From: Arlington, TX Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 07-10-2022 09:21 PM
Fifty years ago, I bought these two covers from Rose Staco in Buda, Texas (I later found out that Rose was a man, whose name I don't recall at this time). There are a few of you space guys out there who are pretty good with astronaut signatures and I'd like to get your opinion on these. I've been debating myself up and down on them for years and have never shown them to anyone before. |
ColinBurgess Member Posts: 2133 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 07-10-2022 09:54 PM
Oh dear; I think once some of our signature experts see these they will come to the same conclusion as me - I believe they are all forged signatures, and not very good forgeries at that. |
Ken Havekotte Member Posts: 3471 From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 07-10-2022 10:40 PM
For sure, no question about it. |
Bob M Member Posts: 1821 From: Atlanta-area, GA USA Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 07-11-2022 05:50 AM
Rose was either an honest seller and bad judge of astronaut autographs, or a very bad forger. I kind of go for the latter. |
randy Member Posts: 2582 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 07-11-2022 08:32 AM
None of those match the original autographs of these astronauts that I have, in my opinion. Sorry. |
stsmithva Member Posts: 2044 From: Fairfax, VA Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 07-11-2022 09:06 AM
Not to pile on, but just to show additional consensus: definitely forgeries. |
328KF Member Posts: 1361 From: Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 07-11-2022 04:20 PM
“W.W. Schirra”? What is that supposed to be “Walter Wally”?Shameful. |
bobslittlebro Member Posts: 225 From: Douglasville, Ga U.S.A. Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 07-11-2022 06:18 PM
Seems to me my brother bought two similar covers back in the 80s from Rose Staco that later turned out to all be fake autographs. |
cvrlvr99 Member Posts: 197 From: Arlington, TX Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 07-13-2022 05:13 PM
Thanks for all the replies. I believed that they were bad but just hid the cover away for 50 years to see if I could have been wrong with my first assessment. |