OT: MK2

[Rickitycrate 10]

MK2 or anyone else. I have a large photo and rightup about EVR and it seems to be signed. I got it at a National Guard Armory that was getting rid of things. I also got a large print of "Two Down To Glory" a painting by William S. Phillips. It depicts Reed Chambers In Spad XIII bringing down 2 Fokker D7's. Any way the EVR piece seems to be signed. My question to anyone that might know is, is this signed by the man himself or was this printed along with the rest of the piece. The inscription reads "Best Wishes to the friends og the Air Force Museum Captain Eddie Rickenbacker" any help would be appreciated. I highly value the piece regardless. The latest date in the print is 1964 so I figure the piece was printed mid to late '60's. The print being mass printed was it uniquely inscribed?

Edited May 28, 2009 by Rickitycrate

[+MK2 12]

MK2 or anyone else. I have a large photo and rightup about EVR and it seems to be signed. I got it at a National Guard Armory that was getting rid of things. I also got a large print of "Two Down To Glory" a painting by William S. Phillips. It depicts Reed Chambers In Spad XIII bringing down 2 Fokker D7's. Any way the EVR piece seems to be signed. My question to anyone that might know is, is this signed by the man himself or was this printed along with the rest of the piece. The inscription reads "Best Wishes to the friends og the Air Force Museum Captain Eddie Rickenbacker" any help would be appreciated. I highly value the piece regardless. The latest date in the print is 1964 so I figure the piece was printed mid to late '60's. The print being mass printed was it uniquely inscribed?

 

 

Turn it around and see if you see the indentation of the pen and or ink seeping through. Hold it up in brigh lights and look for regular indentantations a pen makes on the signed side. If it is smooth and clear as glass, then it's probably a reprint.

 

Can the armory give you the info? Also the amount you paid might be a clue or if there are other identical ones for sale etc

[Hauksbee 103]

Is the photo printed on glossy paper? If it is, perhaps you can just turn it to a very oblique angle and check the light reflecting off. If the writing is not as shiney as the paper stock, it's probably real.

[Duce Lewis 3]

It seems that the print is personalized to a specific location, the AF Museum

If it was just a printed inscription, I would think it would have a more general message

 

Think you have a nice treasure there either way

[OvS 8]

It seems that the print is personalized to a specific location, the AF Museum

If it was just a printed inscription, I would think it would have a more general message

 

Think you have a nice treasure there either way

 

 

His signature also looks like that from an older man, meaning, his script is not as fluid in the turns as you might expect from a younger/stronger hand. This could have been signed later in his life, perhaps when he was with Eastern at some kind of opening day display at the museum?

[Rickitycrate 10]

Thanks guys. You all had good points to consider. Ive looked at this thing any way you might imagine. My thought is that it is unique. But that's what I want to think. It is signed in black felt tip so he would not have pressed down so hard as with a foutain or ballpoint pen. He had the elder shakes clearly and there are little bits and dots that were not cleaned up as might have been done for a mass printing. The inscription does seem more intensely black than any other part of the print. If only the inscription was in blue ink I'ld know for sure. I honor the pice regardless and may never know for sure. I just thought a master collector of WWI inscriptions like MK2 may have been familiar with this piece.