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I sent a LOR, SASE, and two photos to a private address for Barack Obama and received back one of the photos I sent to him.

I can confirm it's not a pre-print. I've been doing this long enough to know the signs of a pre-print. It could be authentic, but I'd like to see if anybody has any more information on his autopens. So far, I haven't found any autopen examples that match this, but if anybody does have any examples, feel free to share a link or photo to them.

I already own his signed Audacity of Hope book authenticated by PSA/DNA, which this slightly resembles but obviously not exact.

This took about three months to get back to me. It does have an interesting inscription of, "All the best!" which I have seen in some of his other PSA and JSA authenticated items. I'm expecting this to be autopen, but maybe somebody has some input and evidence.

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Don't you think it would be weird for him to sign off of the picture in the B of his name if it was really him?

chpunit3 wrote:Don't you think it would be weird for him to sign off of the picture in the B of his name if it was really him?

I do agree. I have found one other PSA authenticated item that also has B cut off after you mentioned it in your post. That is definitely something to note though, it could be an indicator!

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Could be the photo was the edge of the desk or other surface when he signed. I have an astronaut signed photo where part of the name ran off the picture.

Hartster wrote:Could be the photo was the edge of the desk or other surface when he signed. I have an astronaut signed photo where part of the name ran off the picture.

Certainly could be the case. Recalling my collection, I have at least a dozen or so that part of the autograph runs off the page. I have never even seen auto-pen examples from Fanmail.biz or even StarTiger., so I'm not sure if auto-pen is something he regularly sends out since you'd think you'd see them everywhere. Kind of like the 100 posts about George W. Bush and most senators and congressmen.

I have a generic pre-print from him that looks very similar to yours. I say you got the real deal.

Good job!

Real deal autos are the best. I have a real deal from Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, and Bill Clinton.

That_Deutscher wrote:I have a generic pre-print from him that looks very similar to yours. I say you got the real deal.

Good job!

Real deal autos are the best. I have a real deal from Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, and Bill Clinton.

That would be amazing if it's the real deal. By any chance do you have a photo of the pre-print?

That_Deutscher wrote:I have a generic pre-print from him that looks very similar to yours. I say you got the real deal.

Good job!

Real deal autos are the best. I have a real deal from Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, and Bill Clinton.

That would be amazing if it's the real deal. By any chance do you have a photo of the pre-print?

A sign to know if an autograph is an autopen (which Obama is notorious for) is heavy dark marks at the end of his writing the B and at the end of the O. I sorta see an indication that your signature does has those heavy dark ink marks (which are left from the autopen machine stopping at a part in the signature). I can’t say for sure though because the photo quality isn’t ideal to actually be certain.