{"id":12780,"date":"2022-12-09T06:48:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T06:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/?p=12780"},"modified":"2022-12-09T06:51:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T06:51:53","slug":"autograph-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/autograph-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"AUTOGRAPH HUNTING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Norman Warwick goes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AUTOGRAPH HUNTING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there is one song that could be deemed Bob Dylan\u00b4s signature tune, then he has surely been singing it for the past week or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Tina Benitez Eves reported in American Songwriter recently controversy has placed a cloud of suspicion over the literary circles of the publishing world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simon & Schuster, publishers of Bob Dylan\u2019s latest book, The Philosophy of Modern Song<\/em>, are offering refunds to those who purchased \u201chand-signed\u201d copies, after admitting that they used an auto-pen technology to sign the copies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTo those who purchased The Philosophy of Modern Song<\/em>, we want to apologize,\u201d read the publishers official statement <\/a> on social media. \u201cAs it turns out, the limited edition books do contain Bob\u2019s original signature, but in a penned replica form. We are addressing this immediately by providing each purchaser with an immediate refund.\u201d\u00b4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Songwriter suggests that Simon & Schuster originally revealed that 900 copies of the book were personally autographed by Dylan. \u201cYou hold in your hands something very special, one of just 900 copies available in the U.S.,\u201d read a letter signed by Jonathan Karp, the president and CEO of Simon & Schuster, accompanying each purchase. \u201cThis letter is confirmation that the copy of the book you hold in your hand has been hand-signed<\/em><\/strong> by Bob Dylan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once copies of The Philosophy of Modern Song<\/em> started to arrive to customers, many who spent $599 for a hand-signed copy by Dylan, noticed that the signatures were replicated after sharing photos of variations on public forums and then these recipients took to social media to call out the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Nov. 20, the publisher began responding to irate customers in an e-mail letter, also signed by Karp, which read: \u201cWe apologize for the mistake that was made and are offering a full refund of your purchase. Please keep your copy of The Philosophy of Modern Song<\/em> at no cost. We hope you will enjoy reading it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presidential signatures are often placed on government bills using autopen, which has been in use since the early 19th century when Thomas Edison first began using the device. Earlier versions replicated a template of a signature, which was cut through a metal plate and then traced over with a stylus pen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another of the excellent and even-handed writers at American Songwriter, Jacob Uitti reported on how Dylan himself responded to the controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Dylan has released a statement, Uitti reported, concerning the fake signature controversy with his new book, The Philosophy Of Modern Song<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, publishing company Simon & Schuster  confirmed the selling fake hand-signed copies of Dylan\u2019s book. Now, The Bard has released a statement addressing the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fans who paid $599 for the \u201csigned\u201d book will be reimbursed by the publishing house, who recently admitted the signatures inside the book were a \u201cpenned replica form.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his statement, Dylan said he\u2019d been suffering from a \u201cbad case of vertigo\u201d since 2019 and it had \u201ccontinued into the pandemic years.\u201d He said that \u201cwith contractual deadlines looming, the idea of using an auto-pen was suggested to me, along with the assurance that this kind of thing is done \u2018all the time\u2019 in the art and literary worlds\u201d .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bob Dylan (shown on our front cover and at the top of this article)<\/em><\/strong> addressed a full statement to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

my fans and followers,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been made aware that there\u2019s some controversy about signatures on some of my recent artwork prints and on a limited edition of Philosophy Of Modern Song. I\u2019ve hand-signed each and every art print over the yearsand there\u2019s never been a problem<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in 2019 I had a bad case of vertigo and it continued into the pandemic years. It takes a crew of five working in close quarters with me to help enable these signing sessions, and we could not find a safe and workable way to complete what I needed to do while the virus was raging<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, during the pandemic, it was impossible to sign anything and the vertigo didn\u2019t help. With contractual deadlines looming, the idea of using an auto-pen was suggested to me, along with the assurance that this kind of thing is done \u2018all the time\u2019 in the art and literary worlds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using a machine was an error in judgment and I want to rectify it immediately. I\u2019m working with Simon & Schuster and my gallery partners to do just that.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With my deepest regrets.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bob Dylan <\/em>(please note this is not a real siginature !)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been made aware that there\u2019s some controversy about signatures on some of my recent artwork prints and on a limited edition of\u00a0Philosophy Of Modern Song. I\u2019ve hand-signed each and every art print over the yearsand there\u2019s never been a problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literary","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12780"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12786,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12780\/revisions\/12786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aata.dev\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}