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J Matthew Melton thanks for your reply, could you give members a Bio so that we know a bit more about you.
I believe it's infrequent use of blue ink on Tolkien signatures. I put a signature with blue ink the same period (letter to Robertsen April 28, 1972) in comparison. And you realize a series of differences. The size of the initial letters. The size of the "O". The top line of the "T".
Eduardo
Eduardo
Happy to comply - I am in my 10th year as dean of a College of Arts & Sciences in a private university in southeast Tennessee. I've been a university professor for more than two decades. My academic fields are the Humanities, classical and contemporary rhetoric, journalism, popular culture and media criticism. I have traveled extensively in Europe and the UK and make frequent trips to Oxford with university students for Inklings-related studies. I have been a Tolkien (and other Inklings) fan since the 1970s, I teach Inklings-related courses regularly and have presented papers on Tolkien and CS Lewis.
My side interest in graphology (handwriting analysis) dates from the 1980s. I have analyzed hundreds of samples over the years, typically for private persons, including psychologists and other academics. From time to time i am called upon to render an opinion on potential forgeries in signatures and other handwriting samples. As an amateur expert, I never charge for my services and always qualify my comments.
A final note: Graphology is not an exact science and opinions offered should not be considered as conclusive. The practice has a lower reputation in the United States than it does in Europe. Forensic graphology in criminal investigation is only one tool of many and must be corroborated by other factors.
This one looks bad... really bad. I wouldn't pay five dollars for this copy.
eBay Item #131634312594
http://radziwill.us/tojrrttwoto1.html
eBay Item #131634312594
http://radziwill.us/tojrrttwoto1.html
Jlong wrote:
This one looks bad... really bad. I wouldn't pay five dollars for this copy.
eBay Item #131634312594
http://radziwill.us/tojrrttwoto1.html
And verified by Dr. Radwell, a member of the "American Institute of Forensic Examiners"..... Which doesn't *seem* to exist. Maybe he means the ACFEI, but you would think he would know what it was called, if he were a member.
I hate autograph sellers with a passion. They sell products that usually have no provenance, that we are supposed to accept as being legitimate, because they are "experts in this kind of thing".
"Memorabilia Autographs Founder and President, Alan Radwell is a well-known, respected trusted member of an industry he has served for 35 years. Utilizing his earned Doctorate from Temple University in Philadelphia, he thoroughly researches and reviews each item in his inventory of over 9,000 autographs."
http://radziwill.us/
http://radziwill.us/
But then there is this: http://guaranteed-autographs.pissedco ... s-com-20120107287224.html
And this: http://www.complaintsboard.com/compla ... been-shafted-c631944.html
And probably more...
And this: http://www.complaintsboard.com/compla ... been-shafted-c631944.html
And probably more...
I really hope someone has not spent $4500 on that bit of rubbish, it is the worst Tolkien fake signature that I have ever seen, and I have seen lots of very poor fakes.
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