Jeez; the first time I saw this, I immediately thought forgery (no accusation to the ebay lister; just a gut), but the more I look at it, I think it may be genuine.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/351094247178?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Faults include the 3"x5" card - it doesn't help to establish being genuine, but it shouldn't necessarily hurt either. The signature is very strong - in that the strokes are done with confidence and the sig looks fairly similar to my later signed books ('92-'93), but there were some really imprecise signatures from his last years. This one is very precise, and it is missing the usual characters that Buk omitted.
Also, the dogs tail points up and away to the left; most of Buk's dog's tails are straight up to the sky. And the snout is all wrong. It looks like an alligator; Buk normally drew dogs with a blunt snout. The eye looks odd as well, but I can't convince myself that this is a forgery. In fact, I've gone from 100% forgery to 99.9% genuine just by looking at it for a good while.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/351094247178?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Faults include the 3"x5" card - it doesn't help to establish being genuine, but it shouldn't necessarily hurt either. The signature is very strong - in that the strokes are done with confidence and the sig looks fairly similar to my later signed books ('92-'93), but there were some really imprecise signatures from his last years. This one is very precise, and it is missing the usual characters that Buk omitted.
Also, the dogs tail points up and away to the left; most of Buk's dog's tails are straight up to the sky. And the snout is all wrong. It looks like an alligator; Buk normally drew dogs with a blunt snout. The eye looks odd as well, but I can't convince myself that this is a forgery. In fact, I've gone from 100% forgery to 99.9% genuine just by looking at it for a good while.
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