suspicious Hank-signature

[roni]

this one looks wrong to me, especially the "Buk"; but it was in the collection of MM and I can't believe, he'd keep forgeries. It's on the LP-cover of his Hamburg-reading.

Maybe Hank was fully loaded signing it?

What do you think?

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Drunk.

 

[bospress.net]

yes, real and probably drunk. The signature looks not so good on its own, but the writing is all buk...
Bill

 

[esart]

looks real to me, especially the charles part. but that's his B. yeah, seems drunk.

 

[Stavrogin]

Somewhere between the Charles and Bukowski the central nervous system
went haywire. Another vote for drunk.

 

[roni]

thanks, friends.
I didn't really expect it to be a forge, but how often have we seen a "B" with two vertical lines and that strange curve-loop on its bottom? So I wanted to get your opinions.
You were helpful, as always.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Drunk.

Still? :shutup:

I'd buy it as genuine; not that I could...

 

[mjp]

For what it's worth, I come down on the side of genuine as well. Based on the Ch.

 

[d gray]

the "hey fuck it" is all him.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

late to chime in, but the all-caps lettering looks spot on. the sig looks sloppy (drunk) but real.

 

[Black Swan]

I have also compared several signatures and it looks fine, the Charles part is right on and then the B looks weird but not totally foreign. I found another B with that loop.
I'd say "drunk" too. As d gray says, the writing above is also typical. The "Hey, Fuck It" would shine in the dark.