This Page will help you understand some basics about the work of an autograph examiner. A good examiner will give you an honest opinion based on study and experience.

Signing is a free-form activity, and as such it is highly unlikely that a celebrity will write/sign his or her own name exactly the same way twice. Due to this fact, a good examiner must have a considerable amount of original examples
and a good library of reference material to do a comparative analysis of the item.

To the experienced expert, studying original samples is vital since this will reveal part of the individual writing characteristics which can allow the examiner to identify or exclude a celebrity as the author of some questioned autograph.



There are a number of factors that can determine the authenticity of an in-person autograph.

- It is important to know the circumstances of the signing event. Was the autograph obtained at a Magazine Celebrity Party?, a Benefit?, or a Movie Premiere?


- Is it a 'quick signature' or a 'full signature? Many celebrities change their autographs with time and every celebrity shows natural variation depending on their mood and physical state.

A number of factors must also be considered: Was the celebrity standing, sitting, running down the sidewalk or signing while at the same time he is replying to the press or a fan?

- Did the celebrity use a sharpie pen, permanent ink marker, ball point or pencil? The tool (pen) used to sign an autograph may help or make it more difficult for the examiner to authenticate a signature.



For the most part, you need to have numerous examples and a lot of experience to authenticate an autograph.



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