Isitreal.com Autograph competition Autographica 2005

The Winners

The Prizes	The Winners	correct answers
1. Pablo Picasso signed postcard	John Marshal, Woodley,UK	21
2. Fidel Castro signed document	Simon Bunyan, Worle, UK	20
3. Apollo/Soyuz cover's signed by all 5	Richard McConnell, Wickford, UK	20
4. Michael and Ralf Schumacher signed photo	Louise Boston, London, UK	20
5. Tom Cruise signed photo	Mike Druby, Ruislip, UK	20
6. Halle Berry signed photo	Dexter Ingrin, Washington, USA	19
7. Britt Ekland and Mark Lawrence signed photo	David Kay, Elstree, UK	19
8. Olga Korbut signed photo	Alan Brown, Leigh-on-Sea, UK	19
9. Stirling Moss signed photo	Stuart Usmer, Enfiela, UK	19
10. Claudia Schiffer signed photo	James Dean, Windlesham, UK	19

We will offer another Claudia Schiffer signed photograph for place 11 to Ryland Smith, Beddan, UK who is the 6th with 19 correct answers as we think he has done also a great job together with all the other winners.

Our best wishes to all the winners and thanks to all who attended the Isitreal competition and our tables ! We hope you all had as much fun as ourselves at Autographica 2005 !

Statistics for the 11 competition winners with 19-21 correct answers :

name of autograph	question no.	answer A	answer B	answer C	no answer
Mary Pickford	1	2	6	3	-
Laurence Olivier	2	9	1	1	-
Clint Eastwood	3	1	10	-	-
Brigitte Bardot	4	10	1	-	-
Claudia Cardinale	5	-	3	8	-
Marilyn Monroe	6	-	2	9	-
Anthony Quinn	7	-	11	n.a.	-
Mel Gibson	8	7	4	n.a.	-
Robert De Niro	9	-	11	n.a.	-
Al Pacino	10	9	2	n.a.	-
Bob Marley	11	9	1	n.a.	1
Madonna	12	-	8	3	-
Elvis Presley	13	5	6	n.a.	-
Ray Charles	14	-	2	9	-
Billy Joel	15	9	2	n.a.	-
Wernher von Braun	16	1	10	-	-
Michael Collins	17	10	1	n.a.	-
Jackie Stewart	18	10	1	n.a.	-
Ayrton Senna	19	3	8	n.a.	-
Emerson Fittipaldi	20	4	7	n.a.	-
Margaret Thatcher	21	3	8	n.a.	-
Anwar Al-Sadat	22	-	-	11	-
Bill Clinton	23	8	3	n.a.	-
Kofi Annan	24	3	1	7	-
Adolf Hitler	25	-	2	9	-

Statistics for all 60 competition participants with 9-18 correct answers :

name of autograph	question no.	answer A	answer B	answer C	no answer
Mary Pickford	1	12	38	10	-
Laurence Olivier	2	46	12	2	-
Clint Eastwood	3	10	32	17	1
Brigitte Bardot	4	38	14	8	-
Claudia Cardinale	5	9	17	34	-
Marilyn Monroe	6	7	19	34	-
Anthony Quinn	7	14	45	n.a.	1
Mel Gibson	8	31	28	n.a.	1
Robert De Niro	9	14	46	n.a.	-
Al Pacino	10	43	16	n.a.	1
Bob Marley	11	48	11	n.a.	1
Madonna	12	7	35	18	-
Elvis Presley	13	32	26	n.a.	2
Ray Charles	14	12	17	31	-
Billy Joel	15	38	20	n.a.	2
Wernher von Braun	16	19	36	5	-
Michael Collins	17	47	13	n.a.	-
Jackie Stewart	18	42	18	n.a.	-
Ayrton Senna	19	23	37	n.a.	-
Emerson Fittipaldi	20	36	24	n.a.	-
Margaret Thatcher	21	23	36	n.a.	1
Anwar Al-Sadat	22	11	4	44	1
Bill Clinton	23	31	28	n.a.	1
Kofi Annan	24	25	3	32	-
Adolf Hitler	25	10	16	34	-

The competition

Question 1 - Mary Pickford

 

1B is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/pickford-mary

Question 2 - Laurence Olivier

2B is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/olivier-laurence

Question 3 - Clint Eastwood

1B is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/eastwood-clint

Question 4 - Brigitte Bardot

4A is the right answer, this photograph was sold in the late 1990's by a large US distributor of only forged autographs. 4B is a by mail signature and 4C has been obtained In Person in Saint Laurent du Var/France in June 2002. Miss Bardot has confirmed signing about 500-600 autographs a week.

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/bardot-brigitte

www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/bardot-brigitte-confirming-signing-about-500-600-autographs-a-week

Question 5 - Claudia Cardinale

 

5C is the right answer, this photograph was sold in the late 1990's by a large US distributor of only forged autographs. 5A is a early/mid 1990's by mail signature and 5B has been obtained In Person in Paris/France in December 2004.

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/cardinale-claudia

Question 6 - Marilyn Monroe

6C is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/monroe-marilyn

Question 7 - Anthony Quinn

7B is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/quinn-anthony

www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/quinn-anthony-2

Question 8 - Mel Gibson

 

8B is the right answer, it seems to be one of the most difficult questions as just 31 of 60 answers are correct (only 4 of the 11 winners are right here!)

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/gibson-mel

Question 9 - Robert De Niro

 

9B is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/deniro-robert

Question 10 - Al Pacino

10A is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/pacino-al

Question 11 - Bob Marley

11A is the right answer

Similar as on Stan Laurel you hardly will find authentic Bob Marley autographs without a dedication. Most common are short tiles of his songs like on the left authentic example "One Love - One heart" or any "Live Rasta" dedications. The second example is a printed example and if you zoom it larger you will find the breaks in the lines as well as the the same "power" of the signature from the beginning to the end without any difference in ink flue. You could also remove the ink and will find that there is a kind of stamp in the photograph which have been filled up with ink in the second print step (sorry about my bad english and I hope you could understand).

Question 12 - Madonna

12B is the right answer as it is not known that she has a secretary to sign for here. 99.9% of the autographs offered on ebay are forgeries!

Question 13 - Elvis Presley

13A is the right answer, you should remember that Elvis nearly always wrote "ElvisP" in one step and "resley" in the next one. 

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Question 14 - Ray Charles

14C is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/charles-ray

Question 15 - Billy Joel

15A is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/joel-billy

Question 16 - Wernher von Braun

16B is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/braun-wernher-von

Question 17 - Michael Collins

17A is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/collins-michael

Question 18 - Jackie Stewart

18A is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/stewart-jackie

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Question 19 - Ayrton Senna

19B is the right answer.

Please remember that Ayrton Senna was a left hand signed and always signed in a very strong 60°-90° way. A special view should also go to the date which has been signed very typically by Senna. This question was very difficult and you could only find the answer with the shown reference study. Sorry but please remember that Ayrton Senna is nearly the most forged sport autograph nowadays !

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Question 20 - Emerson Fittipaldi

20B is the right answer (Please remember that the secretarial example is written in strong corners and moe like loops in the authentic example)

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/fittipaldi-emmerson

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Question 21 - Margaret Thatcher

21B is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/thatcher-margaret

www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/thatcher-margaret-2

Question 22 - Anwar Al-Sadat

22C is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/sadat-anwar-al

Question 23 - Bill Clinton

23A is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/clinton-bill

www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/clinton-bill-2

Question 24 - Kofi Annan

24C is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/annan-kofi

Question 25 - Adolf Hitler

25C is the right answer

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www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/hitler-adolf

www.autograph-market.com/isitreal/item/hitler-adolf-2

 

We hope that you enjoyed the competition and it was interesting for everybody who took part in. We are looking for further references and your help or suggestions are always welcome. Let's work like a team!

and again... special thanks to Gary King for the huge support  !