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DAME MAGGIE SMITH SUCCESS!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:16 am
by boelcc
So I am thrilled to have finally received my pictures back autographed by Maggie Smith! Funny story, I sent the two pictured with the compliments note and the Downton Abbey Pic was meant to be signed to "James" and the Harry Potter one was meant to be signed to "Joe". She accidentally signed them both to "Joe", so they included an additional, very similar Downton photo and she signed it to "James" for me. The one she sent was much better quality anyways than the one I sent, so I am very pleased that they went through the trouble to make the correction. I was a bit worried I would never see this return because everyone else who sent around the same time was getting there stuff back and I was still waiting on mine. Now, a question for everyone with experience....I raised an eyebrow when I saw how similar Maggie's secretarys' handwriting is to her own....do you think the autographs she has been mailing out are authentic or secretarial? Thanks for the input. I've been collecting a very long time and if it were up to me I would say they are authentic, in fact, I would sooner say Maggie is forging her secretary's handwriting before I would think her signature was secretarial :) Let me know your opinions.. Thanks and have a great time collecting! Sorry, no envelope pic, but she kindly paid for postage to return these to me.

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Sent: May 6th, 2012
Received: June 30th, 2012

Independent Talent Group Ltd.
Oxford House
76 Oxford Street
London W1D 1BS
UK

Re: DAME MAGGIE SMITH SUCCESS!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:15 am
by admin
Hi boelcc :)

Thank you for your feedback {up} Great Success :P

You have been added to the list for the $10 gift certificate.

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Re: DAME MAGGIE SMITH SUCCESS!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:44 am
by Spud94
Congrats, I got her a few months ago {up}

Re: DAME MAGGIE SMITH SUCCESS!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:02 am
by LunaMellark
Congrats, hope I get my reply soon! :)

Re: DAME MAGGIE SMITH SUCCESS!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:30 am
by AbbieHorton
Congrats!! I'd say they're authentic because there are some differences between maggie's and the sec's (the 'J', for example, look different) hope this helps :D

Re: DAME MAGGIE SMITH SUCCESS!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:18 pm
by dingleborder
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&saf ... 0QGOnOX6Ag

Every autograph there looks the same as yours, so I believe it is authentic :)

Re: DAME MAGGIE SMITH SUCCESS!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:18 pm
by Dammit_
Congrats on your success! :D

Re: DAME MAGGIE SMITH SUCCESS!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 10:52 pm
by SWfan27
I too have her authentic autograph :D yours are definately authentic because mine look the same :D

Re: DAME MAGGIE SMITH SUCCESS!!!

Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 12:41 am
by GraphCollector
boelcc wrote:So I am thrilled to have finally received my pictures back autographed by Maggie Smith! Funny story, I sent the two pictured with the compliments note and the Downton Abbey Pic was meant to be signed to "James" and the Harry Potter one was meant to be signed to "Joe". She accidentally signed them both to "Joe", so they included an additional, very similar Downton photo and she signed it to "James" for me. The one she sent was much better quality anyways than the one I sent, so I am very pleased that they went through the trouble to make the correction. I was a bit worried I would never see this return because everyone else who sent around the same time was getting there stuff back and I was still waiting on mine. Now, a question for everyone with experience....I raised an eyebrow when I saw how similar Maggie's secretarys' handwriting is to her own....do you think the autographs she has been mailing out are authentic or secretarial? Thanks for the input. I've been collecting a very long time and if it were up to me I would say they are authentic, in fact, I would sooner say Maggie is forging her secretary's handwriting before I would think her signature was secretarial :) Let me know your opinions.. Thanks and have a great time collecting! Sorry, no envelope pic, but she kindly paid for postage to return these to me.

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Sent: May 6th, 2012
Received: June 30th, 2012

Independent Talent Group Ltd.
Oxford House
76 Oxford Street
London W1D 1BS
UK


The O and the R together on the For James and the O and the R on the sec note look way similar, I wouldn’t rule out a sec signature here, or perhaps the dedication at least being a secretarial.

Re: DAME MAGGIE SMITH SUCCESS!!!

Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 12:59 pm
by Chuck Diecko
My guess would be the signature is real but the dedication might be by the sec as is common with many celebs.

Look at the 'r' in 'For' and in the compliment slip. Most of them look like 'v's.

Either weay I think you have 3 genuine Maggie Smith autographs

Just my thoughts.

Cheers