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Originally Posted by mrmopar
Saw that, didn't look real close, but assumed it was a Roxie signature anyway.
He has a Callahan Cobb at $10 now, ending tomorrow!!
The Garvey is what drew me to his listings. It just looks horrible, but why really bother? That is maybe, MAYBE at $10 card with a legit sig. I know $10 is $10, but at least get it in the ballpark.
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The bolded part of your question is a salient point. Many people are under the mistaken belief that ALL forgers do it for monetary gain. There are and have been a number of forgers who do it because they can and enjoy the thrill of fooling people. I believe Charles Hamilton in his book "Collecting Autographs and Manuscripts" touches on this point. It may have been the first prolific Abraham Lincoln forger who did it for the thrill. His tell, if I recall, was that he neglected to raise the 'ln' in Lincoln as it was in genuine signatures.
Let's not forget that monetary gain is relative. If it takes me 10 seconds to forge a signature on a 10¢ card which I then sell for $5.00 that is quite a profit. Do that for an hour and that is over $1500.00. Up the sale price by $1.00, $2.00 or $5.00 and the increase is exponential.
11-03-2020, 02:06 AM
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