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As most people know, The great man, was not a regular autograph signer, particularly in his later career. It is however, quite possible to track down a few examples.
After a short trawl of the net, i found the following:

With prices ranging from £20 - £290.

One quick glance will show that they differ considerably. But would anybody like to hazzard a guess at which ones are genuine? (If any, or perhaps all?)

Come on chaps - be brave!

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As most people know, The great man, was not a regular autograph signer, particularly in his later career. It is however, quite possible to track down a few examples.
After a short trawl of the net, i found the following:

With prices ranging from £20 - £290.

One quick glance will show that they differ considerably. But would anybody like to hazzard a guess at which ones are genuine? (If any, or perhaps all?)

Come on chaps - be brave!
Or perhaps none of them?
In his sort-of biography (Dance and Skylark by Naomi Sim) she says that he never gave autographs. The only way to get his signature would be on a letter from him or on an official document.

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Or perhaps none of them?
In his sort-of biography (Dance and Skylark by Naomi Sim) she says that he never gave autographs. The only way to get his signature would be on a letter from him or on an official document.

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You may be right Steve, but i had heard elswhere, that he signed quite often in his earlier days, becoming more reluctant from the 1950s on....

I wonder if any forum members have any further examples - even a print of the 'definitive article' would be most interesting....
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Marlon Brando was another one who stopped signing autographs early in his career, yet 'signed' photographs of him in The Godfather are always for sale on e-bay, and they are totally different from the ones he did sign when he was younger. Could these signed pictures possibly be fake ....... .

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You may be right Steve, but i had heard elswhere, that he signed quite often in his earlier days, becoming more reluctant from the 1950s on....
Naomi said that he never signed anything for a fan, right from the start

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Marlon Brando was another one who stopped signing autographs early in his career, yet 'signed' photographs of him in The Godfather are always for sale on e-bay, and they are totally different from the ones he did sign when he was younger. Could these signed pictures possibly be fake ....... .

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There is a faint (approx 100%) possibility that they're fakes

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Just found yet another 'authentic' example on good old Ebay. ALASTAIR SIM.....(Film)...AUTOGRAPH ON PHOTO...40's on eBay Original Certified, Autographs, Film Memorabilia, DVD, Film TV (item 260157292700 end time 13-Sep-07 11:45:00 BST)
This one looks different again!
And a snip at £85.00
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I have no evidence of this, but I understand it was a common practice for a secretary or production assistant to sign a star's photograph.
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Pssst, want Ali's autograff Guv? Who do ya want it to?
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I have no evidence of this, but I understand it was a common practice for a secretary or production assistant to sign a star's photograph.
Very common. The photos themselves can also be modern reproductions. I did an article about collecting studio stills for the PaPAS site and I have a page about Signatures of people in P&P films because there are quite a few fakes of those. There is also a good article about Autopen signatures

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The Beatles often got roadies and hangers-on to sign for them for fans waiting at the stage door.

Personally, I would go along with Steve and be very wary about buying any of these examples. I would want to see the great man's signature on an authenticated document before parting with any cash. And when is someone going to write a full length biography of the man. We've seen all those biographies of nonentities published over the years; this is a gap crying out to be filled.
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I only ever believe that an autograph is real when I've seen the person signing it like this one:



Guess who!
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I only ever believe that an autograph is real when I've seen the person signing it like this one:



Guess who!
Eric Clapton.
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Here's a double whammy from the 'happy' couple, currently for sale on e-bay for £20.

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Eric Clapton.
Of course!

It's worth remembering that when 'celebs' sign their autographs, they are often standing up, holding a book/piece of paper/programme in one hand and writing with little support underneath - as EC was when he was signing mine! They often bear little resemblence to their real signature and can be really 'scrawly'.

I won't trouble you with my other one - of John Virgo.............!!

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