Thoughts on a Cassius Clay

[Duluth Eskimo]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

FWIW, permanent ink markers were mass marketed as Magic Marker in the 1950s and the Sharpie itself came to market in 1964. Both Magic Marker and Sharpie permanent ink pens were in wide use during Liston's life [he died in 1970] so a signature from that era in permanent ink marker would not present an anachronism. The issue here is that Liston was illiterate and on the rare occasions he drew his name he did not add embellishments to it. The forgery the seller is trying to scam on is a bad copy of one of the ghost signatures that Mrs. Liston used to do for her husband. Looks to me like the forger modeled his effort on this Liston publicity photo that was used to respond to his mail requests in the 1960s, and which I believe is printed from a Mrs. Liston ghosted original:



The Clay is just atrocious.

Thanks, but I am aware of that history. If you can show me a Liston signature in sharpie, I will eat my words. Preferably one that was not signed yesterday like this