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Old 12-27-2014, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by jason.1969 View Post
Darn! The writing looked different to me, but I couldn't imagine why a forger would go to the trouble of writing so much--I wonder if it was just a guy who happened to be Hank giving a gift to a friend. But either way, thanks. I trust the expertise here quite a bit.
Bingo. I work for a "Friends of the Library" organization and occasionally we will get a book written by a famous person with a gift inscription by a person who just happens to have the same first name.

The funniest one was a "Hilary" (one L) who gifted a Hillary (two L's) Clinton book to someone named Nancy and wrote a nice inscription on the title page. One of our volunteers got all excited until I pointed this out, then showed her the cover, which had a printed version of Clinton's signature on it and the handwriting wasn't even close.
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