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Re: [mascagni-interest] Facsimiles of Mascagni's signature

Fulvio Venturi
Wed, 02 Jun 2004 11:04:25 -0700

Hi Erik,
it's the facsimile printed on L'amico Fritz score, don't buy it as original
autograph,
bye, Fulvio
>All,
>
>I just found this auction on eBay:
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29866&item=3819059792&rd
>=1
>
>It is sold as "a very rare autograph", and bidding starts at $300. The
>problem is that it is not a real signature: it is a printed facsimile!
>I know for sure because I have the exact same score. A similar
>signature appears on the score for "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "I
>Rantzau":
>
>   http://www.mascagni.org/book-reader/image/506610/3/50
>
>While such scores are worth some money, they are certainly not worth
>the asked price without a real autograph. I contacted the seller to
>inform him of the mistake (and I hope he corrects the information),
>but be sure to double check when people offer you "very rare
>autographs".
>
>Regards,
>
>-Erik
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