Who Signed Your Cover #2 - Norman Rockwell

I'm fairly confident about the autograph. The cachet is hand drawn and I've always wondered if it was drawn by the master himself. I sent a scan of the cover to the Norman Rockwell Museum several years ago to ask their opinion, but unfortunately they did not respond Any ideas of where else I can check?

My opinion is that the signature is real IF it has not been auto-penned/printed on this cover (hard to tell without cover in hand). That said, unfortunately Rockwell signed a lot of stuff and his autograph generally doesn't command large numbers.
Don

Don, signed Rockwell Scout covers are quite collectible (Rockwell designed the stamp) and normally sell for good prices. Here's an example I quickly found of an FDC which sold for $196.

http://images.goldbergauctions.com/...=14&lot=1444

Of course, I can really amp up the value of my cover if I can determine who drew the cachet

Personally, I don't think the cachet is by Norman Rockwell. It looks too much like a stencil and felt tip marker coloring. Further, the script doesn't match any letters in Norman Rockwell's signature, if it was done freehand.

A couple of other curiosities about the cover:

It looks like the postmark is February 23, 1960. That's well after the FDOI for the stamp on Feburary 8, 1960.

The addressee of the cover, "Matthew Laubtiz" is an unusual spelling. Even Google Serach wants to revise it to "Laubitz" as the more common spelling. I can't find much of anything about a person in Lenox, Mass. with the spelling shown on the cover, yet one would assume that the typewritten address would be the most accurate.

Another piece of trivia: On February 23, 1960, Norman Rockwell was a guest on the Jack Paar TV Show on that date. While the TV show was probably was pre-recorded for airing on that date, and there's no telling when Norman Rockwell actually autographed the cover, one has to wonder if that event was of any significance to the postmarked date on the cover.

jenny,
Understood. I mentioned the signature since the first step would be to verify it. Under a loop or scope, can you tell if there is flow to the ink on the signature? His signature is indeed collectable, just a lot of them out there. I am not sure why the link you provided is priced that way, but on ebay you can find signed copies of Saturday Evening Post have sold for under $30. I like your cover, it is quite interesting.
Don

Rockwell was an illustrator, he never would have done lettering as uneven as this under any circumstances. And he had a much better eye than this cachet shows.

wt1: thanks much for your added information. The cover is not an FDC. You may be right about a stencil though.

Don: it's not an autopen - the signature is authentic. I know that he signed many items and that magazine covers in particular are relatively inexpensive, but be on the lookout for SCOUT items with his signature. Like I said, they're quite collectible.

revcollector: I think you're right