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If genuine, it's quite atypical. Perhaps much earlier than the ones usually seen? Without a lot more info I personally wouldn't touch it.

When I was a brand new collector in the seventies I remember reading of someone prosecuted for stealing Edison's signature. Evidently this person had access to documents at the Edison Site and cut the signature from documents. How sad.

Jerry B.

Jerry B. wrote:When I was a brand new collector in the seventies I remember reading of someone prosecuted for stealing Edison's signature. Evidently this person had access to documents at the Edison Site and cut the signature from documents. How sad.

Jerry B.

This crook - whose name I can't presently remember - also managed to steal an Edison electric pen. One of only 3 in existence.

price like that,,, owner is smoking those funny cigarettes'

blizz

pallophotophone wrote:

Jerry B. wrote:When I was a brand new collector in the seventies I remember reading of someone prosecuted for stealing Edison's signature. Evidently this person had access to documents at the Edison Site and cut the signature from documents. How sad.

Jerry B.

This crook - whose name I can't presently remember - also managed to steal an Edison electric pen. One of only 3 in existence.

There are quite a bit more than 3 Edison electric pens in existence. Well over 30.

I have many Edison signed documents and have personally examined a few hundred in one of the most prominent privately held Edison collections. I wouldn’t touch this signature in the lot with a 10 foot pole.

It probably belongs to the guy who certified it !

"This autograph is certified by a 20 year plus member of IADA (International Autograph Dealers Association) , UACC (Universal Autograph Collectors Club), IACC - International Autograph Collector Club), Manuscript Society, SAG (Screen Actors Guild), Southern California Motion Picture Council, APS (American Philatelic Society), ASCC (American Society Of Check Collectors), AFDCS (American First Day Cover Society), Hollywood Heritage Museum, and the Golden State Boxing Association. Additionally a member of the British Autograph Club and German Autograph Collectors Club. The COA issuer has the following credentials: UACC - Autograph Appraisal Course. UACC- Autograph Authentication Course. US Army CID Handwriting Program"

cmshapiro wrote:

pallophotophone wrote:

Jerry B. wrote:When I was a brand new collector in the seventies I remember reading of someone prosecuted for stealing Edison's signature. Evidently this person had access to documents at the Edison Site and cut the signature from documents. How sad.

Jerry B.

This crook - whose name I can't presently remember - also managed to steal an Edison electric pen. One of only 3 in existence.

There are quite a bit more than 3 Edison electric pens in existence. Well over 30.

I have many Edison signed documents and have personally examined a few hundred in one of the most prominent privately held Edison collections. I wouldn’t touch this signature in the lot with a 10 foot pole.

Well, at least it's spelled correctly... That's something...

Aside from the actual signature, the paper itself, and even the sharp cut cut edges, appear too new to me.

(I recall an eBay auction, some time back, with some Edison related item which was attributed to "Thomas Albert Edison" )

It looks wrong from the first glance. lol

Looks like the over swoop on the T was added after the rest, does not look right.