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   From: eat@joes.com   
      
   nathan966re@msn.com (Nathan Relen) wrote in news:42e6f12a.159301437   
   @news.easynews.com:   
      
   > How about posting a scan of it so we can examine it closely and decide   
   > if it is a real signature or a 'stamp'?   
      
   This isn't a binaries group, so we can't post scans.   
      
   However, I can assure you that it is neither a stamp nor Charlize's   
   Signature.  It is clearly a real signature, but the days of getting real   
   sigs via this method died long ago.  In his brand new book, Starstruck,   
   Michael Gross tells how the actress who played Lois Lane forged signatures   
   for a famous, more modern actress for years.   
      
   I'm operating under the assumption that it is SOP for these talent agencies   
   hire a famous senior citizen actress who's been unemployed for decades, to   
   sign these photos.  The signature is a little shaky, a characteristic of an   
   old person's writing.  I'd like to find some way to learn who is doing the   
   signing, but I'm sure if I called on the phone, it wouldn't do any good.   
      
   Nonetheless, it is an "officially endorsed" forgery, which makes it more   
   valuable than an unofficially endorsed forgery, which any shady   
   collectibles dealer is capable of making.   
      
   And hell, if the story comes out that it was being signed by another famous   
   actress, in the twilight of her career, that has historical value, and it   
   might also have signature value.   
      
   What this business lacks is reliable catalogues of signatures.   
      
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