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Cary Grant signature, real or fake?

I really want to purchase this signed photo of Cary Grant, but I don't know if it's the real deal, or a secretarial, especially as it came through the mail. Opinions? Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 1, 2018 at 5:59pm

That appears a period studio preprint. Especially without a dedication, and if 5x7. I can not determine live ink from this scan.

In looking for another example I see that seller on eBay, retro_girl82, who is making preprints on "vintage" paper has swiped a scan of a Grant from History Direct to make some "Cary Grant's". GRRR...

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on March 1, 2018 at 6:29pm

I agree with Eric. Preprint.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 1, 2018 at 6:43pm

From what is presented that seems most likely - a huge, high DPI scan would be great to rule out live ink. If you had this in hand you could for other things but we are reliant on scans.

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on March 1, 2018 at 6:50pm

I just ran your image through tineye.com and found a several exact matches. Preprint.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 1, 2018 at 6:56pm

There you have it. I started looking but was left feeling I need to go buy a suit or something ;)

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Permalink Reply by Monica Bell on March 1, 2018 at 8:14pm

I really appreciate it everyone! I had sent an offer but luckily I was able to retract it before they accepted it or not, I should have waited for your responses before jumping the gun. Thanks a million! :)

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 1, 2018 at 8:43pm

Well done! And very good job for asking. Score another for AML and a smart questioning collector! Perhaps 80% of the 1930's-1950's 5x7's are preprints of one sort or another.