Gerald R. Ford - Autopen?

[Chris102]

Would someone be able to tell me whether this Gerald R. Ford signed photo is authentic or an autopen? Thanks!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/C ... drford.jpg

[harrylare]

It's an autopen. The sig. has the same pressure and thickness thru the entire autograph. You can also see where the pen left a dot where it stopped at the end of the letters d,r,f,d also the period after the middle initial R is perfect where the pen went straight down and straight back up. I even took it a step further I took the sig. changed the background color so the sig. would stand out,, sharpened it and magnified it 800x because I was curious how the G was made since I seen no start or stop characteristics in that letter. The pen actually went straight down into the loop of the G. so you couldnt see it.

[nowandagain]

Hi CDolan02

[agree] with harrylare. That is definite Autopen. Anyone's signature should have trail marks at the end of a signature, whereas the attached signature is simply starting and stopping.

Many past (and present) Presidents sign using Autopen.

nowandagain [rockon]