by canadagraphs1 » Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:02 am
While your statement is, in theory, factual...its still for the most part, WRONG.
Your signature may look "different everytime" but its still quite the same everytime as well.... if it didnt, the bank wouldnt be cashing your check, and the observant waiter who actually checks signatures on the back of credit cards would be calling yours in as stolen. The reality is, your signature looks more similar in each signing, than it does different. It might not match up as carbon copy replicas of each other everytime, but there are similarities in your signature that makes it authentically yours.
The reality is, everyone has similiarities in their signature that will give a knowledgeable person an idea on whether an item is real or not. YES, there are exceptions.
I got an autograph from a hockey player last year, instead of putting his stick & skates down, he took the pen quite loosely & signed, it looks NOTHING like the dozens of other prior & since then examples.... That being said, outside of extreme situations like that, any autograph I have seen of his look the same, or have notable similarities that you can look at & say with confidence, it was very likely the same person signing it.
At the same time, its the lack of these similarities, and in many instances, outright inaccuracies in signatures that knowledgeable buyers/collectors can pick out in an instant on forgeries.
All your post is going to do is confuse and misguide, naive and inexperienced collectors/buyers into thinking "anything I see could be real" & they will get duped farrrrr more often than they will find a great deal.
I would not recommend any collectors out there to follow the OPs advice in the least. Its a recipe for a collection full of forgeries.
While your statement is, in theory, factual...its still for the most part, WRONG.
Your signature may look "different everytime" but its still quite the same everytime as well.... if it didnt, the bank wouldnt be cashing your check, and the observant waiter who actually checks signatures on the back of credit cards would be calling yours in as stolen. The reality is, your signature looks more similar in each signing, than it does different. It might not match up as carbon copy replicas of each other everytime, but there are similarities in your signature that makes it authentically yours.
The reality is, everyone has similiarities in their signature that will give a knowledgeable person an idea on whether an item is real or not. YES, there are exceptions.
I got an autograph from a hockey player last year, instead of putting his stick & skates down, he took the pen quite loosely & signed, it looks NOTHING like the dozens of other prior & since then examples.... That being said, outside of extreme situations like that, any autograph I have seen of his look the same, or have notable similarities that you can look at & say with confidence, it was very likely the same person signing it.
At the same time, its the lack of these similarities, and in many instances, outright inaccuracies in signatures that knowledgeable buyers/collectors can pick out in an instant on forgeries.
All your post is going to do is confuse and misguide, naive and inexperienced collectors/buyers into thinking "anything I see could be real" & they will get duped farrrrr more often than they will find a great deal.
I would not recommend any collectors out there to follow the OPs advice in the least. Its a recipe for a collection full of forgeries.