by Campbell999 » Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:33 pm
Hello,
Just came to this site, but have been collecting for a very long time and have been with several other autograph sites for a long time. Im not sure if the original poster honestly knows what a preprint is vs an autopen. Or at least i hope this is the case. The Aniston posted, is indeed not a real autograph, it is a preprint. A preprint is an item that has a signature already printed into it, in other words, a pen of any kind never touches it. Their will be no indentation where the pen would have hit the item, etc.
An autopen however, does in fact use a real pen. The celebrity signs their name and this is programmed into the machine. That machine will then reproduce that signature on every item put in front of it. Not only will autograph position vary, but often, a big celebrity will have an advanced autopen that has numerous settings. What this will mean, is that the celebrity will sign their names in several different styles, each different from the last. These are then programmed into the autopen, and the autopen can pick at random which style of sig to use. This is why sometimes you will see an autograph on one piece, and then look at another and see the same autograph just in a slightly different position. This is from an autopen. But, bare in mind, this is only the case if the signatures are exactly the same.
The problem however, is that the advanced autopens, as discussed above can have numerous styles programmed into them. So, in order to determine if you have an autopen sig or not, you need to do some research about that particular celebrity and see what they are known to use. Lets use Neil Armstrong for example. He has several different autopen variations. In order to realize this though, you first would research him, figure out he is known for an autopen, and then look up the styles of autopen he uses. Normally their wont be more than 3 or 4.
A great resource for this, is Autograph Magazine Live. They basically have the biggest names in the buisness over their, and are eager to give advice, and it is free.
I hope this helps as autopens and secretaries and pre prints can be tricky at first. A good test for a preprint, if you didnt know it already, is to turn it at an angle to the light and look to see if their is any kind of a pen indentation where the signature is. If their is one, than perhaps its not a preprint. If their isnt, than you typically have a preprint.
Hello,
Just came to this site, but have been collecting for a very long time and have been with several other autograph sites for a long time. Im not sure if the original poster honestly knows what a preprint is vs an autopen. Or at least i hope this is the case. The Aniston posted, is indeed not a real autograph, it is a preprint. A preprint is an item that has a signature already printed into it, in other words, a pen of any kind never touches it. Their will be no indentation where the pen would have hit the item, etc.
An autopen however, does in fact use a real pen. The celebrity signs their name and this is programmed into the machine. That machine will then reproduce that signature on every item put in front of it. Not only will autograph position vary, but often, a big celebrity will have an advanced autopen that has numerous settings. What this will mean, is that the celebrity will sign their names in several different styles, each different from the last. These are then programmed into the autopen, and the autopen can pick at random which style of sig to use. This is why sometimes you will see an autograph on one piece, and then look at another and see the same autograph just in a slightly different position. This is from an autopen. But, bare in mind, this is only the case if the signatures are exactly the same.
The problem however, is that the advanced autopens, as discussed above can have numerous styles programmed into them. So, in order to determine if you have an autopen sig or not, you need to do some research about that particular celebrity and see what they are known to use. Lets use Neil Armstrong for example. He has several different autopen variations. In order to realize this though, you first would research him, figure out he is known for an autopen, and then look up the styles of autopen he uses. Normally their wont be more than 3 or 4.
A great resource for this, is Autograph Magazine Live. They basically have the biggest names in the buisness over their, and are eager to give advice, and it is free.
I hope this helps as autopens and secretaries and pre prints can be tricky at first. A good test for a preprint, if you didnt know it already, is to turn it at an angle to the light and look to see if their is any kind of a pen indentation where the signature is. If their is one, than perhaps its not a preprint. If their isnt, than you typically have a preprint.
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