What's the value of?...

[LowlyAssassin]

Originally Posted by Redmagster

It's actually a handwritten signature is it?

Nest

Probably a rubber stamped or facsimile signature

[flatout]

Originally Posted by LowlyAssassin

Probably a rubber stamped or facsimile signature

Yeah, it looks perfectly placed, I bet it is in all of them.

[ingmar1988]

Originally Posted by flatout

Yeah, it looks perfectly placed, I bet it is in all of them.

i can confirm it is...i have the same. Check pics in my thread soon.

[TropixPoland]

in my opinion is handwritten
looks like handwritten

[LowlyAssassin]

Originally Posted by TropixPoland

in my opinion is handwritten
looks like handwritten

That's the advantage of a autosignature
It records the pen movement from the original real person but the. replicates it perfectly as many times as needed,
One of the tell tales is, can you see the impression of the ink on the reverse of the piece of paper? And does it vary in pressure?
This would help you rule out a facsimile or rubber stamp
But it does not rule out a secretarial signature, so by ruling out the 2 most common types of signature in the video game media you introduce the chance that it may be secretarial signedsigned
I have a few pieces of signed video game memorabilia and I believe them ass to be either stamps or autosigned

Its not me knocking the authenticity of this piece
Its me saying I don't believe that any large video company values or understands the need for a human hand signature, and imagine if there are 500 press kits, that mans hand is going to hurt


If you can get me a high quality scan or picture I will be able to help identify what I believe it to be, but so far to me it looks like a stamp, as the underline is broken and patchy, and you simply don't get that with a ball point pen, with a felt marker it is understandable,

[flatout]

Originally Posted by TropixPoland

in my opinion is handwritten
looks like handwritten

You would have to think that he signed all 2,900... which is unlikely. It is possible though... just not practical.


Also, good luck with you sale

[LowlyAssassin]

Originally Posted by flatout

You would have to think that he signed all 2,900... which is unlikely. It is possible though... just not practical.


Also, good luck with you sale

That's why I under estimated it as even 500 is a large number to ask someone on a salary or wage of 40,000 to spend there time doing
Yes I know they only take 3 seconds each
20*3seconds =1 minute
So 500 would take 25 minutes non stop
And 2900 *3 seconds= 8700 seconds or 145 minutes
Which is over 2 hours non stop, if I was paid more then 30k a year I would refuse to sign signature for anything more then 5 minutes total per day, as it is expected talhat you may need too sign the odd piece of paperwork on a day by day basis
Lithographs on the other hand, I am still unsure as to whether they are hand signed or auto signed, I mean; the print runs of 60 I can imagine those being hand signed, but print runs of 160 is about the limit I could imagine an artist signing, and 500 is a touch imaginative, it all depends on what actually adds the value to the item, is it the hand signed by the person who "owns" the signature?
Is it the signature itself (in which case an autosign is identical to the artist signature but has the benefit/disadvantage (depending which way you look at it) of being identical for every single sign) or a stamp that is an identical looking signature but just a rubber stamp
Or a facsimile which is just a digital print with ink and a printer from an original digital file
All have a lot more value then a forgery, but its all down to individual taste as is collecting as a whole, and I am not trying to devalue anything, I'm more trying say be careful and don't put to much emphasis on anything unless you have absolute proof

[StayFree( ' 3')]

Originally Posted by TropixPoland

in my opinion is handwritten
looks like handwritten

well, that's all the proof I need...here's my wallet.