signatures...

[MsPlod]

Just thought I'd post a pic of a few signatures here for interest...

Any handwriting fundis out there - or professional / amateur sleuths?

CLAERHOUT SIG_COMP.JPG

[mellowred]

Poor man. I sincerely hope he never had a cheque account. Can you just imagine all the times the bank would have had to call him to verify his signature.

[wayjen]

He was practicing?

[MiemsJewels]

He was practicing?

Practicing to fraud his own signature........Yes I think so too!

[wayjen]

I just hate it when they do that.

[TS Ron]

Hmm he is like me I am for ever being called back to the bank as my signatures change all the time! I at times use to contribute it (dementia spelling) perhaps he also attributed his different signatures to dementia.Or else I put it down to have multiply characters depending on what I do at the bank at the time I often tell it is different characters signing as well. Maybe Father Claerhout had the same problem

[Seeds for Africa]

Hmm he is like me I am for ever being called back to the bank as my signatures change all the time! I at times use to contribute it (dementia spelling) perhaps he also attributed his different signatures to dementia.Or else I put it down to have multiply characters depending on what I do at the bank at the time I often tell it is different characters signing as well. Maybe Father Claerhout had the same problem

I dont think that was his problem. I think some people have made a lot of money out of that signature!

[staccato]

I have had such a bad run lately, think I'm gonna change my signature to "Please buy my stuff, I'm broke..."

[Jongleur]

an interesting assortment.i have them all including a few more. which,if any,are forgeries. a question i have asked myself and anyone
who cares to listen a thousand times.

what does one do with a forged artwork? selling it as authentic is criminal. selling it as "unverified" is also not an
option if you know it is a forgery. selling them as genuine,authenticated forgeries would also invite negative opinion.

do you give them away, donate them, or hope they get redistributed along with other household items during one of frequent
burglaries. or would you run the risk of discerning thieves ignoring the masterpieces packed in tubes ready for ease of transport.
that would really hack me off.

when guests remark on your beautiful forgeries how do you answer them? or hope they get so inebriated during the course of the evening that they forget they were anywhere near your humble abode.

how do you insure a forgery. just imagine the assessor:

"with great respect ,sir ,we do not insure forged artworks. the frames,however,are covered under your all risks policy".

looks like i`m stuck with them. could one form a support group?

[MiemsJewels]

Very good question/s bon len! With very few answers!

[staccato]

Hmm he is like me I am for ever being called back to the bank as my signatures change all the time! I at times use to contribute it (dementia spelling) perhaps he also attributed his different signatures to dementia.Or else I put it down to have multiply characters depending on what I do at the bank at the time I often tell it is different characters signing as well. Maybe Father Claerhout had the same problem

Why don't you just sign with "X" like many of the "rainbow nation" do?

[MsPlod]

Here is another selection - this time including one which is allegedly a "wet paint" signature...
CLAERHOUT SIG_COMP2.JPG

[MiemsJewels]

Here is another selection - this time including one which is allegedly a "wet paint" signature...
CLAERHOUT SIG_COMP2.JPG

Ek kan jou wed.....die handtekening is nog nat ook MsPlod! LKH ( Lag klip hard)

[lilythepink]

You folks are all missing the point - imagine how difficult it is to make a signature when you're inside a coffin, inside a grave. (Well, I am assuming that is where Father Claerhout has been residing since he died!) He may, of course, also be on Cloud 9, tippling away and that could be the cause of all the different signatures.

[kyle2]

Absolutely fascinating, I suppose only a jackass would believe those donkey's to be genuine! LOL