Always makes me nervous when buying some older signed books with the author being dead (like Jurassic Park). This is why I actually prefer inscriptions over straight autographs, even if they weren't inscribed to me personally. It adds little more history to an item.

Dylan just got found out using an autopen on a very expensive book.

This is a Very important need to Learn in this Hobby.

Great helpful tips Steve, especially the part about how signatures from the same autopen can have differences. Thanks.

Yes Steve, I enjoyed the video. Thank you for keeping us wary of autopens. I always like autographs that I've gotten in person (never ask for more than two), and autographs with an inscription or personalized. Garry

In the WW2 memorabilia collection world, there's an ongoing discussion about the signing of formal Knight's Cross award documents. Some of these very high quality parchment documents were signed personally by Adolf Hitler by an ever worsening trembling hand with a decreasing overall size of the signature towards the end in 1945. Now, some of these documents show a perfect 1930ies style Hitler signature until the end of the war and many collectors and dealers say it's an autopen! There are however 3 postwar reports by German officers who met a calligrapher of the Reichsdruckerei working at the Führerbunker signing these documents on behalf of Hitler. Nontheless, some collectors and authors continue to this very day to say that the documents with the perfect, seemingly always identical signature were signed by an autopen machine. Until now, at least in the field of German ww2 memorabilia, noone has been able to prove the existence of an autopen machine in use at the Reich Chancellery at the end of the 1930ies/beg. 1940. Btw, there's absolutely no "quivering" in the A.H. signatures (on the documents 1939-1945. Is the existence of an autopen machine from the late 1930ies/early 1940ies possibly proven?

Bob Dylan sends his regards… I came here thanks to him, did not know such things existed…

Just discovered your channel, instantly subbed. Keep up the good work.

SOLID VID !.........learned a Ton and Enjoyed the hell out of it

I saw one of these somewhere im not allowed to talk about. Now I know what theyre for

Great video. I'm just starting to collect signatures for my own personal hobby and your KZfaq videos are very informative First thing in the agenda, is it legitimate or produced in numbers. Unless that darn signature is expensive I'm sticking to authentic signed pen signatures

I never knew much about identifying auto pen signatures until watching this video. Thanks for producing it Steve.

Yikes. Another aspect of the hobby that you have to navigate through. Didn't know much about this until now, good info to have thx

I don't collect autographs (I watched this video to learn about the technology), but if I were an autopen designer today, I would use machine learning and multiple samples to create a randomized signature, sort of like the way industrial pizza factories simulate handmade crusts. I would not be surprised if it has not already been done. Also, a next-generation autopen should be pressure sensitive. Pen pressure has always been a key to identifying forgeries. It is as important as the form of the letters.

Fascinating video and analysis

Recently I have been seeing variable mechanical signatures for the same event. An example would be Ozzy Osbourne or David Copperfield's last release where they used between 3 and 6 different signatures with autopen. Looking at the Ghostwriter autopen machine it claims to have speed and pressure settings along with a ton of other features. Do you think the technology will eventually catch up to the process of easy detection?

I have a card I bought I think I'm sending it back because the note and signature ink color matches too closely with the paramount logo next to it. What would you charge to look at it before I send it back? It also has in interesting pause and a perfectly put pen dot in-between the lines.

Thanks for this video , very helpful

I have obtained every single autograph by the signer in person.

Can people use a celebrities signature from home and make forgeries with auto pen? This is why I’m unclear on. Thank you. Very helpful video.

I sometimes look at items that have inscriptions, because it seems less likely to be an autopen or other forgery.

Thanks for the video, very informative! I have just become aware of auto signatures and became devastated at some signed soccer card purchases, thankfully most of them are hand written (apparently by the players hopefully haha) In your opinion would you say it is worth buying auto signatures or do they have no value? Thank you

I recently thrifted what appears to be a vintage 3 Amigo's autographed picture in a plastic sleeve (signed by all 3) I said to myself maybe its legit cause of the variations and different marker pen size and color. However, I zoomed in really close and see a "rapid seismograph" type look BUT I dont quite want to write it off as autopen because this is the most coarse HP photo paper I've felt (from the back side) so my intuition tells me "maybe" the signatures were effected by that in some way thus giving that impression..... its not "wavy shaky" like your vid demonstrates.... its much more tight and consistently pronounced in almost a microscopic way. Can you attest to what I am referencing? Thanks

What’s your take on COAs ?

Sorry for the off topic question, but what mic are you using?

I bought a Sarah Palin "signed" book. Thank goodness it was at a library sale. Some people collect older autopens. I have 100's of NASA/space gotten in the last 10 years via mail mostly to retired people via homes or other businesses.

Are there autopens of cosmonauts as well? In particular Yuri Gagarin?

Do all NASA astronauts use auto pens? I’ve sent letters to Johnson and received personalized autographs back. One even responded on the letter I sent to him

Are you the Mr. Zipper from the CGC boards?

Good video. I didn't know about the variations on the same pattern before (although I did know about multiple patterns). Autopen machines should be banned!!

I was on the fence about getting the Michelle Obama book but after watching this video... I'll pass on it. People have claimed the signatures in the books have differences... but you explained how they could still be autopen. I'm also wondering now if these autopen machines may be programmed to sign with different variations. Probably so... I would think. Thanks for this informative video.

Can I send you a picture or a story on our find at a thrift shop

I’m trying to tell if my Elizabeth Taylor photo has an authentic signature

So maybe a dumb question but autopens are worth less? Also if an autograph is personalized to an individual does it take away from value?

I have autographed cards that have been authenticated by AAA autograph authentication authority. They look legit but I hear a big fuss about the company being bad to authenticate fake signatures. They looked signed by pen and do not have any questionable issues imo. I’d hate to send them in to PSA and pay a lot for authentication and they come back not authentic. How is it possible to find out if the actual artist or athletes signed anything without literally being there with them?

Too scared to turn the volume up, just in case the intro starts again. lol.

I have a personalized young Donald Trump photo with name of who it’s being given to “best wishes in your new career” and I understand that a personalized message with a signature is more reliable

Instead of sending fake autographs - why don't a letter that most celebrities don't have time to sign autographs?

Now all computers know they can get away with autopenning. If they follow these directions and use ai the reverse engineer the signature. Just don't give it a real pen lmao.

1.5x speed is perfect for listening.

this is actually a fraud, people believe they have a signed book and they don't

Shouldn't this be illegal?

the dak prescott autopen scandal

Can I send you a jersey and you tell me if it is legit