LinMM Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 This is my first and probably favourite book on Fonteyn and eventually signed by her! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavycapers Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 No problem, LinMM. I had the same problem, so I used the free resizing at picresize. com. I uploaded my photos and chose 'reduce to 75% and that worked perfectly and I was able to post it on this site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavycapers Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 7 hours ago, LinMM said: Another Yay!! Here is Fonteyns autograph on my William Chappell book!! I hope you can see the likeness on your shoe Cavycapers. Phew I might need a gin and tonic already the last hour has been a bit tense with lots of expletives from me! Whether I will be able to find these photos in two days time ore member how I've just done this is another story!! Thank you, LinMM, yes send me your bar bill! 😄 Thank you, yes that looks remarkably like the signature on my pointe shoe 😊 it is is very faded so I will wait for a very bright day when I can photograph it outside. The fact that it is very faded makes me think it might be genuine, and also because it is written in green ink. I don't think a forger would use green ink or be able to get that faded look. It has obviously been danced in, with wear on the pointe, and the shank/insole? has been well trimmed. It also smells very musty, which is a good sign. The autograph is very faded which is why I think it wasn't very much at the auction, but I would be more excited to know that I was holding a pointe shoe that Fonteyn actually wore in my hand (and it is a tiny little shoe, size 4 and so narrow!) I'll have to wait and see if Freed can tell me about the maker.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 I've used Imgur before for posting photos on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Q Fan Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 I have Fonteyn's signature in 2 books and that is her signature as above. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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