Signed by Enid? Not convinced!
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Signed by Enid? Not convinced!
I'm not convinced this is a genuine EB signature...?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SIGNED-by-AUT ... Swt6ZWV2~9
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SIGNED-by-AUT ... Swt6ZWV2~9
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: signed by Enid? Not convinced!
Indeed. Looks to me, too, like the signature is faked.
Notably the "n" and especially the "y" in Blyton.
And the two short lines below. They were almost always close together.
Notably the "n" and especially the "y" in Blyton.
And the two short lines below. They were almost always close together.
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Re: signed by Enid? Not convinced!
Definitely not genuine.
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Re: Signed by Enid? Not convinced!
Maybe it's another Grud Blyton.
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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Re: Signed by Enid? Not convinced!
Thanks for confirming, Tony! It does look like another 'Grud Blyton' lol! Its a shame because the book is quite a nice copy...but it would put me off having that signature inside it!Tony Summerfield wrote:Definitely not genuine.
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: Signed by Enid? Not convinced!
Definitely not!! Awful!! There are so many around at the moment... A shame as I am sure there are folk taken in by them. Happy weekend everyone. x
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Re: Signed by Enid? Not convinced!
I've bought a few things from this seller in the past and they have always been reasonably priced and honest, so I'm assuming they are genuinely taken in by the signature too.
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: Signed by Enid? Not convinced!
It's still at only £1.20 after two bids, so I suspect not very many serious buyers are taken in by it.
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Re: Signed by Enid? Not convinced!
The second N is a capital, that would be the biggest give away to me!
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Re: Signed by Enid? Not convinced!
Someone should contact the seller and say that sadly the signature isn't real!
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Re: Signed by Enid? Not convinced!
Plus the D is nothing like Enid's usual one — looks more like the would-be autograph forger slipped with the pen!!Fiona1986 wrote:The second N is a capital, that would be the biggest give away to me!
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
Re: Signed by Enid? Not convinced!
Go on, then!Julie2owlsdene wrote:Someone should contact the seller and say that sadly the signature isn't real!
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Re: Signed by Enid? Not convinced!
plus the 'y' is curly and Enid's were usually straight. I reckon it's not even a forgery as such, just a child copying her signature. Surely a proper forgery would be a lot more like Enid's signature than this is!Courtenay wrote:Plus the D is nothing like Enid's usual one — looks more like the would-be autograph forger slipped with the pen!!Fiona1986 wrote:The second N is a capital, that would be the biggest give away to me!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: Signed by Enid? Not convinced!
Courtenay wrote:Maybe it's another Grud Blyton.
Funnily enough I was just looking through my 1976 version of 'Five Have A Wonderful Time'.I noticed that back then,aged about eight or nine I had tried to copy her distinctive signature....Robert Houghton wrote: I reckon it's not even a forgery as such, just a child copying her signature. Surely a proper forgery would be a lot more like Enid's signature than this is!
I decided to compare them all together:
Enid's genuine signature.
The ebay Secret Mountain 'signature'...
My attempt aged about eight...
Another attempt from me about forty years later...
And a last unusual one....
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Re: Signed by Enid? Not convinced!
Great tattoo, Pete! I used to forge Enid's signature and write it in some of my books. Maybe some of them have now found their way to eBay!
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