[78-L] Autographs

[David Lennick]

Years ago, someone sent me three pages of autographs of the members of British 
dance bands. One of them is accompanied by a letter on BBC stationery, dated 
around 1932. Roy Fox draws a fox..Al Bowlly is on one of the pages. Would it be 
difficult to authenticate these? And will I be able to retire?

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> Perhaps in later years....the Goodman sigs I've had pass through my hands 
> were earlier and legit.
> 
> One show biz figure who was legendary for sending out secretarial sigs was 
> John Wayne.  It is almost impossible to get a legit Jean Harlow signed 
> photo,  as nearly all those sent out were signed by her mother.
> 
> I have seen many secretarial signatures over the years for all manner of 
> celebrities and political figures.  Usually,  the recipient is so pleased to 
> get something that they never bother to verify that the signature is 
> actually good.
> 
> I recall about twenty years ago that I was asked to appraise an inscribed 
> photo of President Kennedy,  which had been sent by him to a very well known 
> Ohio politician.  I can still see the expression on the daughter's face when 
> I had to tell her that one of her Dad's proudest possessions had been signed 
> by one of Kennedy's secretaries.
> 
> My point is...these fakes are nearly always easy to tell when put along side 
> and compared with  a real one.
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Sultanof" <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 1:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] More on Shaw
> 
> 
>> Russ Connor says as much in his introduction to "Wrappin' it Up," the
>> supplement to his Goodman discography, that he or Goodman's secretary 
>> would
>> sign Goodman's name. I wish I had the book in front of me so I could 
>> supply
>> a page number.
>>
>> Jeff Sultanof
>>
>>> This is the first I've heard about any secretarial or other illegit 
>>> Goodman
>>> autographs...in my years in the rare book trade, I've handled many,
>>> including ones I bought from Russ Connor,  and have never found one which
>>> was no good.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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