cdv Facsmile?

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Posted By: Denny Walsh

Greetings Ladies & Gentlemen,
I'd like to Post this question towards the c1900 collecting folks & those who have any knowledge in this area!

"Were Facsmiles Signatures at all a process to go along with a Famous Individuals or Team Photos?"

Any & All help will be very much appreciated.....

I'm goin to venture off to Mr. Cyclebacks site to see what I can find myself, then continue to research this matter elsewhere....

I'll then check back tomorrow....

Life's Grand,
Denny Walsh

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Posted By: Jimmy Leiderman

Not sure if I understand your question, but it was somewhat popular for late 1880's photographers to sell famous people images with facsimile signatures.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Commercially sold 1800s-1900s CDVs of celebrities sometimes had a machine printed faux signature of the celebrity below the image. Sometimes included a salutation ala 'Yours Truly.' This was most common practice for single person CDVs, not team portraits. It may have been done, but I can't offhand recall an example of machine printed signatures of all the players on a team CDV.

So, if you have a 1860s CDV of Abe Lincoln or Robert E. Lee with printed autographs on the bottom, they could be genuine and from the 1860s.

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Posted By: Denny Walsh

It's what it's all about in this wonderful wacky world of cards! Thank you both for your input....

Mr. Cycleback,
I really enjoy your site. It takes me to a world that I'm very intrigued by. Thank you for your efforts to educate us by making such info available!

Life's Grand,
Denny Walsh