is this george best autograph

[lincolnredman]

i have been going through some man utd programmes and have found an autograph in one which looks like george best's and was just wondering what anyone else thought
the programme was a man utd v coventry city8/5/94
thanks for any help cheers

[ashburton-grove]

I believe it is. There are four downward spikes on his autograph.
Google image George Best Autograph and compare them.
It should sell for about £30.
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[trueblue1967]

I will check the autograph out tonight when i come home from work it looks okay but Besties autograph is always in debate could you put a clearer image up and i can compare with some genuine Best autographs on the forum i run on ebay.
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[mark01]

Looks good to me.

[upthecounty]

Not knowing anything about autographs, but the First name looks as if it says, Gary, could it be Birtles or Bailey?
Regards Scott

[trueblue1967]

This a genuine George best autograph gained in person in the 80s.And comparing it to yours i would say your is genuine although a little rushed which often happens if got at games.Nice find

[reddevilsineurope]

I can 100% assure you it is not gary bailey or birtles autograph.
It is very similar to georges and as it was not signed in person nobody can be 100% sure of its authenticity although that could be true of any autograph that is collected or bought from a 3rd party.
Value wise its the usual how many people and how much they want it if you were selling.
Just to add,sadly george was known to sell his autograph during his "bad times" to put it polite and maybe this accounts for the slight difference in his autograph.
All considered i think it is a nice piece for your collection...

[ToffeeDan]

I have a lovely picture of George in a nightclub in the late 60s with a bevy of nice lookers (plus my Dad loitering with all the girls and George) - a family favourite..

[manchesterunitedman1]

ToffeeDan wrote:

I have a lovely picture of George in a nightclub in the late 60s with a bevy of nice lookers (plus my Dad loitering with all the girls and George) - a family favourite..

WELL I CAN ADD MY TWO PENNETH, I HAVE MAYBE ANYTHING BETWEEN 50-100 SIGNED ITEMS OF THE GENIUS AND I CAN SAY THAT IN EVERYONE OF THEM FROM THE EARLY 1960's TO THE LATER TIMES IN HIS LFE HE NEVER AND I REPEAT HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM ADD ALL THAT FANCY STUFF -HE WROTE HIS NAME AND NOTHING ELSE.
MY OPINION BUT IT IS NOT GENUINE BUT AN ATTEMPT, ITS LIKE SOMEONE HAS CONTINUED TO ADD ON THE LOOPS AT THE TOP.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE ELSE SHOW ME HIS SIGNATURE IDENTICAL TO THE ONE THAT STARTED THE POST OFF-MAYBE MINE ARE ALL FAKES!
SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS ONLY NOTICED WHEN I LOOKED UP AFTER I HAD FINISHED AND BASICALLY COULDNT BE ARSED DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN!

[trueblue1967]

manchesterunitedman1 wrote:

ToffeeDan wrote: I have a lovely picture of George in a nightclub in the late 60s with a bevy of nice lookers (plus my Dad loitering with all the girls and George) - a family favourite.. WELL I CAN ADD MY TWO PENNETH, I HAVE MAYBE ANYTHING BETWEEN 50-100 SIGNED ITEMS OF THE GENIUS AND I CAN SAY THAT IN EVERYONE OF THEM FROM THE EARLY 1960's TO THE LATER TIMES IN HIS LFE HE NEVER AND I REPEAT HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM ADD ALL THAT FANCY STUFF -HE WROTE HIS NAME AND NOTHING ELSE. MY OPINION BUT IT IS NOT GENUINE BUT AN ATTEMPT, ITS LIKE SOMEONE HAS CONTINUED TO ADD ON THE LOOPS AT THE TOP. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE ELSE SHOW ME HIS SIGNATURE IDENTICAL TO THE ONE THAT STARTED THE POST OFF-MAYBE MINE ARE ALL FAKES! SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS ONLY NOTICED WHEN I LOOKED UP AFTER I HAD FINISHED AND BASICALLY COULDNT BE ARSED DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN!

I was a little dubious with all the fancy curls as you can see the one i put up as an inperson autograph but i understand the look like stop start on the lines just put this down a dodgy pen ,it does look genuine to me and i think i have seen one other like this IP i will try and find it .

[ToffeeDan]

I have his signature somewhere as I met him a long time ago - but that picture I have isn't signed It was in some night club on the edge of the stage, George - my old fella and some other guy (I know) plus about 6 girls in hotter than hot pants

[manchesterunitedman1]

trueblue1967 wrote:

This a genuine George best autograph gained in person in the 80s.And comparing it to yours i would say your is genuine although a little rushed which often happens if got at games.Nice find

101% Genuine Signature, in the early days he signed G Best as the sixties came he became more confident and most of his stuff signed was George Best-just like in this image but NOT in the original posters image as he NEVER fancied it up with swirls-just his name and nothing else, he signed for everyone and never refused-he was a genius and a "lad" for sure but he was a gentleman-always, long let his memory live on for all the pleasure he gave-not long enough with the right team in the right place, Fulham, Hibernian, USA, and another 20 places-still we have good memories of him in a Red shirt!

[RobertD]

ToffeeDan wrote:

I have his signature somewhere as I met him a long time ago - but that picture I have isn't signed It was in some night club on the edge of the stage, George - my old fella and some other guy (I know) plus about 6 girls in hotter than hot pants

carefull here, if this photo was taken a long time ago one of girls in the photo could off gone to marry your dad, meaning you have described your mum as hot

only joking,

[Diamond Matt]

I've seen a number of Best autographs before and would say the OP find is a fake. The majority of his autographs very clearly say 'George' and it just looks a bit iffy to me. Also the loop over the top has 3 small blotches. This seems to indicate a stop in the pen rather than a continuous loop.

[trueblue1967]

After showing this to a friend of mine he also says this is a fake because the E is to far apart from the G and also say's he never looped it before and the other one i showed him with the loop claiming to be IP is fake ,he did say that it was a good try at his autograph but spoiled with the loop.

[lincolnredman]

thanks for all your comments about the autograph,some saying it looked ok and some saying not.so i thought the only way to get an answer was to get in contact with the old boy who i got the programmes off,and to be clear i am no better off because he can remember see george at old trafford when he used to go every week and he did get his autograph from time to time and other players but he can't remember for sure this one time.
so maybe if george had had a drink or 2 it could be his!!
but thanks for all your help cheers dave

[manchesterunitedman1]

lincolnredman wrote:

thanks for all your comments about the autograph,some saying it looked ok and some saying not.so i thought the only way to get an answer was to get in contact with the old boy who i got the programmes off,and to be clear i am no better off because he can remember see george at old trafford when he used to go every week and he did get his autograph from time to time and other players but he can't remember for sure this one time. so maybe if george had had a drink or 2 it could be his!! but thanks for all your help cheers dave

Let me offfer this advice, there was no one who could play on a football pitch like Georgie Best and keep his feet and there was also no one like Georgie Best who could drink 6 bottles of champagne and enuff spirits to sink 6 battleships and play football for Manchester United and keep on his feet-not to mention him having sex before a game and ending up the man of the match!-but the one consistent thing he ever did sober or otherwise was sign his name the same time and time again! Wherever you are now Georgie look after yourself this time better than the last one!!!hahaah-simply the Best better than all the rest!

[Kickoff3pm]

Sounds to me the it has to be the real thing chap. I can't see many people back in the pre-ebay days faking signatures on football programmes but I do see loads more people waiting outside the grounds for a chance of a signing and I see far more players willing to do those signings.

Only negative is it could be Gary Birtles at a push.