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Matt
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« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2003, 04:33:15 PM » |
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Hi 44 Magnum, and welcome to the board.
You'd need to scan your autographed picture and upload it to a website in order to post it here. Also, the website has to allow direct linking to message boards. Many of the free websites don't allow that (Geocities, Tripod, etc.) If you have a website, upload it and take the URL of the picture and surround it with the image tags, which look like this (without the spaces, which I'm including so the tags can be read on the board): [ img] [ /img]
Even if you are able to post the image here on the board, it is VERY difficult to tell a real Eastwood autograph from a fake, and there's probably no way we would know for sure which yours was. I'd hate to even be put in the situation of trying to judge the authenticity of someone else's prized possession. Maybe it would be best if you were to just study the article posted above very carefully and compare yours with those pictured there.
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palooka
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« Reply #17 on: October 16, 2003, 11:25:26 PM » |
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I thought I would TRY and shed a little light on the Clint Eastwood autograph debate. Authentic Eastwood signatures are scarce. Check eBay on any random day and you will be lucky to find ANY real ones. Most are crude forgeries and the balance secretarial. I began looking at Clint’s signature in the early ‘80’s. It seemed a little strange that you could write to the biggest star in the world and receive a signed photo back within a couple of weeks. Clint was getting an estimated 10,000 requests a month through the mail. Obviously impossible for Eastwood to keep everybody happy even if he wanted too! Even autograph dealers would sell these ‘secretarial’ autographs quite innocently. It is only recently that the rarity of his autograph has come to light with reputable dealers charging $100-250 for an 8” x 10”. You don’t have to be a brain surgeon to realize that guy on eBay trying to knock one out for $25 has some explaining to do. Attached are 14 examples of authentic Eastwood signatures. All these are in my personal collection. The majority were collected by a trusted friend of mine in California over a period of 10 years, some with pictures of him signing. Example #9 is from a book signing in New York 1996 (a very neat signature while sitting) and example #13 is an exceptionally rare ‘Vintage’ signature from a document dated 1955 (that’s long before Rawhide!) Autographs from Eastwood pre 1970 are just about impossible to find. There are some characteristics to look for in a real Eastwood signature. They should be regarded as general rules rather than essential criteria, even in these examples you will see differences. Examples #1 and #12 were signed a day apart! 1. Look at the ‘C’ and the top loop of ‘E’ they usually form a ‘love heart’ shape. 2. The final ‘D’ is always fairly pronounced, usually with a loop. The secretarial ones look more like a ‘Y’ or a ‘G’ Example #5 is the only authentic one in my collection that doesn’t follow that rule, although you can see the ‘D’ being formed at an angle. 3. Often there is a lead in to the ‘C’. See examples 4, 6, 10, this line can be even longer in some cases. This is common on more recent signatures. 4. In most cases, his autograph is scruffy, often illegible. Earlier examples are neater but follow the same rules. I hope this helps some board members with the autographs in their possession. I hope its not bad news. I am NOT an expert in autographs nor would I claim to be able to authenticate all those I see (although I can usually categorize them in to one of four groups…. Definitely right, probably right, probably wrong and definitely wrong). This is my experience of 20 years of Clint Eastwood’s autograph. If you are buying from eBay or a dealer, you can generally ignore COA’s they are only as good as the individual writing them, most of you have printers and could make your own up just as simply! Go to a reputable dealer who is a member of the ‘Universal Autograph Collectors Club’ (UACC). Then go to www.uacc.org to verify them. The only way you KNOW its real is to watch him sign it! Ask Philo and The Stranger 
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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« Reply #19 on: October 17, 2003, 05:00:07 AM » |
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Nice one Palooka! Better than I could ever write, I won't add much to that, simply was going to say, how it varies between the Autographs we got on that memorable night, actually in the order ours were signed were 1. The First Dirty Harry still. 2. The Alcatraz script 3. The Second Dirty Harry Still.
He seems to take his time writing them these days, he was fairly slow in writing them, and also it is worth mentioning what he was leaning on at the time, with my still, it was simply a stiff envelope (Matt will no the type exactly) with Philo's script obviously a much thicker piece, therefore could have slightly effected the signature, and the second still was again leaning on the card envelope, maybe this all has to be taken into account.. The one thing I will say now though, is how could you ever tell a genuine autograph? (unless it is complete crap as the one I posted above) to be honest, it would be near impossible as the circumstances around Clint would be different all of the time, which will effect the look of the signature... As Palooka said, I don't think I would have ever been happy unless it was obtained personally, and this of course, is bloody hard to do, especially these days.. -Stranger-
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When a man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher's knife and a hard-on, I figure he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross!
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