Enzo autographed Ferrari brochure question

Perhaps it's an authentic signature and not a print, as is the case with most Enzo signatures on printed material from Ferrari.

I would think a signed signature would have a depression where the pen pressed the paper but from the photos it doesn't look like that's the case. If there is a depression then it likely is a signed signature and not a printed one.

-F

 

I thought I had read somewhere that he used a felt/soft tipped purple pen to sign (most times, anyway) - if that's the case, there may not be an impression left by the pen. Looks fairly legit to me, fwiw - the fading of the signature is substantially pronounced when compared to the rest of the page... seems like they would be faded about the same, were they printed together.

 

Good point. I guess it's really hard to say (for a layman like me ). But yeah, the Enzo signature on most official material from Ferrari SpA is a printed one.

Maybe someone might know in what cases Enzo actually signed stuff. Was it typically with gifts given to key people? Did he typically only sign certain types of items like books (for example Piloti che Gente)? Did he ever sign a series of things like a set of cards given out at Christmas? Was Enzo known to sign often or seldom? Did he ever sign official brochures? I don't know the answers to those questions.

-F

 

You have an authentic Enzo Ferrari Signature. starting in 1982 when the Reparto Corse moved to Foriano and was no longer in the actual Maranello Factory, Enzo's day to day office moved across the street - he still had the old one at the road car factory but used it less and less, and stopped going there at all by 1985.

Each year or two the brochure you are showing "La Ferrari" was updated with last years F-1 cars and pictures of the road cars. I have one very similar to yours from 1983, that is his signature. I sent him a congratulations on winning the World Constructors Championship in F1 - specifically asking for his autograph, and got a signed brocher back as well as a card from Sig. Franco thanking me in english - on typing paper.

from the 40's to late 60's it was very common for Enzo to sign all manner of letters, and requests. from about 1970 to 1980 he started having pre printed thank you cards with the purple ink - these usually had the sponsor logos on the bottom ( goodyear, Agip, etc... ) and his signature slightly off center. they were on thick stock paper.

he rarely signed a book unless it had a personal dedication to someone he knew or it was specifically requested and the book sent for autograph. There are a number that have come up for Auction - I have a copy of Piloti sigend by Enzo dedicated to Pietro Faccinetti of Rome circa 1981.

 

Nice job Tom!

-F