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Posted By: DJ

It's not autopen, but a facsmilie signature and is it a surprise that "one of the top firms" authenticated it? It shouldn't be.

We have no idea who authenticated it. Which one of the authenticators gave it the "okay" and in most cases, it's all about matching signatures to exemplars and this facsmilie would match nicely if the person looking at the signature isn't aware of this piece existing.

If you read autographalert.com, they have posted a number of stories about PSA/DNA passing rubber stamped signatures including a similar case as this involving a P.T Barnum that has shown up in several well known seller catalogs in authentic form, despite being a famous pre-print. And the famous pre-printed Bruce Springsteen Gold Record first reported by Richard Simon on his staff that came authenticated.

The more you authenticate, the bigger you have to be, the bigger your staff and the more stuff you look at...equals more errors.

DJ