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Post Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2024 2:24 pm 
 

Does this look legit to you all?


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Post Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2024 7:15 pm 
 

I'd go with no. Just comparing it to others online. JSA should be able to tell.

  


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Post Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2024 10:29 pm 
 

It doesn't look right for any signature. It scrawled and slowly written. I am an idiot though, so dont take that to the bank. But yea, its fake. :)

  

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2024 8:56 pm 
 

The size is troublesome. I don't know of any Gygax sigs that big.


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Post Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2024 4:12 pm 
 

I've never quite understood the buying and sellling of signed items.  Excepting some exceedingly rare circumstances, how could you ever really know for certain that a signature is genuine?  Anybody can replicate a signed name either through technology or simple care and skill.  Couple that with the fact that very few people have the expertise or experience to verify a signature.  Even experts have trouble with this.  It's a relatively easy thing to fabricate.  The whole idea seems pretty sketchy to me.


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