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Originally Posted by SetBuilder
None of the major authenticators are required to train as Certified Document Examiners (CDEs), who at least try to be scientific. That's why authenticators keep popping up.
What is scientific about opining autographs?
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For modern autographs? Not a lot. It's more art than science.
For the old autographs? A lot. For instance, all pre-1935 autographs penned in blue ink could be tested for the presence of Phthalocyanine blue pigment, which didn't exist before 1935.
Just one example.