I also mentioned elsewhere that although I feel it's genuine, I'd prefer to render an inconclusive opinion on this if I was to be independently authenticating it. Thus far, aside from Beckett, I'm seemingly the only person on the side of "authentic", to include a couple of people right here whose knowledge on the subject is not to be taken lightly. Their opinions don't sway my own feelings about the signature, but I really wouldn't want to have to defend this position over and over again. Experience dictates this is the type of item that you'd never hear the end about. It's pretty rare that I'd take such a stance. I'd rather just refund someone's submission money back to them rather than deal with the same headache time and time again. There are easier ways to make $100 or however much this costs these days. A polarizing piece, that's for sure.
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