By Druss

Fake Signature on The Adventures of Tom Bombadil ?

9 Mar, 2019 (edited)
2019-3-9 7:47:47 AM UTC

Hello there.
I just came upon this signed volume of the ATB supposedly signed by Tolkien on 21st Aug 1969 in Bournemouth, according a pencil note from the original owner. The signature looks fake to me, but I'm not a specialist. The seller clearly indicates that he isn't sure of it either. What do you think ?

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Stu

9 Mar, 2019
2019-3-9 7:48:53 AM UTC

Druss wrote:
Hello there.
I just came upon this signed volume of the ATB supposedly signed by Tolkien on 21st Aug 1969 in Bournemouth, according a pencil note from the original owner. The signature looks fake to me, but I'm not a specialist. The seller clearly indicates that he isn't sure of it either. What do you think ?

Did you forget the attachment?

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Druss

9 Mar, 2019 (edited)
2019-3-9 7:50:43 AM UTC

Sorry for the double post, I'm clearly not used to the system of attached files

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Trotter

9 Mar, 2019
2019-3-9 7:53:20 AM UTC

That looks like an Allan Formhal's signature to me.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic ... am-33-000-collectors.html

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Lokki

9 Mar, 2019
2019-3-9 7:55:12 AM UTC

Fake

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Stu

9 Mar, 2019
2019-3-9 7:57:51 AM UTC

Yeah, definitely has a "Higgins" look to it, albeit not in his usual blue ink.

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Trotter

9 Mar, 2019
2019-3-9 7:59:11 AM UTC

He did occasionally use black ink, and he also use to cross out the name when he faking other signatures, looks like he forgot that Tolkien did not do that for this fake.

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Stu

9 Mar, 2019
2019-3-9 8:01:21 AM UTC

Trotter wrote:
He did occasionally use black ink, and he also use to cross out the name when he faking other signatures, looks like he forgot that Tolkien did not do that for this fake.

Yeah, I did notice the unusual cross-out. Didn't know AF did that.

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Druss

9 Mar, 2019
2019-3-9 8:11:18 AM UTC

Well it was fast

Thanks for your confirmations, I saw some Formhal's forgeries, but this one was a little bit different, enough to have a doubt.

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Lokki

9 Mar, 2019
2019-3-9 9:30:49 AM UTC

No problemo. Team work is always the best one

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