About 150 days I sent this photo to Mr. Van Dyke. I have an autograph from several years ago that was signed by his wife or secretary.. this is a different persons signature for sure.. I believe it might be authentic but I am not 100% sure... Received 7/30/18
Dick Van Dyke
23215 Mariposa DeOro St.
Malibu, CA 90265
USA
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To make matters more interesting, I had sent him a photo to get signed for a kid who loves Mary Poppins. We didn't get the original photo back, but instead received 3 large-sized photos signed - a lobby card print like the one shown here, and of the other two I believe one was of the top image (can't recall exactly, it's been a while and they've been put away.) I know the lobby card print we have doesn't match _either_ of the two signatures here.
Yes, we know Van Dyke is iffy, and no one can be certain unless you get him in person - even if we did get three signed photos and our original wasn't returned. We accept that we have may not be authentic, but for a kid, it doesn't matter. We're out really only the postage.
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