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"John Reznikoff of University Archives in Westport, Connecticut, specializes in authenticating presidential signatures"
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"Mr. Reznikoff’s knowledge of historical documents has made him a valuable expert witness for the Justice Department, which has called upon him in appraisal and fraud cases and sets him apart…’John is the most diligent, most research-oriented type of person you will meet…..He’s not going to buy something unless he knows it’s absolutely real’ "
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"He[Reznikoff] is without a question a visionary"
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"John Reznikoff and Topps baseball card Company"
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"Reznikoff...is one of very few collectors to sell the triple crown of collecting: a 1909-1911 Honus Wagner baseball card, an upside-down Wright Flyer stamp and the rarest Declaration of Independence signer's signature, that of Button Gwinnett."
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"In 1999 she sent it to
John Reznikoff, a dealer in Connecticut, who told her it
could be worth $1 million. Reznikoff says that when he called NASA with
questions about the desk set, the agency seized it."
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"John Reznikoff was only 3 years old
when President Kennedy was fatally shot while riding in a motorcade in
Dallas -- too young to remember today where he was when he heard the
news, but old enough to sense the sadness that marked the event."
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scandal in the history of the country - in my mind, bigger than Watergate."
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"John Reznikoff of Westport is the owner of University Archives on Richmondville Avenue in Westport and is one of the world's
foremost authorities on autograph authentication."
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"At this point no one would be surprised to see [Reznikoff] pluck the half-eaten apple from the Garden of Eden off his shelf.
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"...John Reznikoff of University Archives, Inc...is frequently called as an expert witness in court."
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"Reznikoff...sells to other collectors and memorabilia traders around the world."
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"Visiting University Archives is like spending a
morning in someone's attic - or losing oneself in history. After being buzzed
through the locked front door, visitors see walls lined with framed documents,
graphics and letters of the famous. Shelves in a storage room are covered with
relics, books and other paraphernalia. In a five-foot-high bank vault, there are
rows and rows of black notebooks labeled Presidents, Civil War, Signers of the
Declaration of Independence, Entertainment, Literary, Sports, you name it. Give
Mr. Reznikoff a name and he'll find a letter, canceled check, photo, or book
signed by your hero."
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"Sellers possessing items of unknown value are
encouraged to use the company's free appraisal service. Experts have encountered
numerous sellers whose supposedly 'worthless' possessions turned out to be very
worthwhile indeed."
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"When someone offers Reznikoff an item, his staff
attempts to authenticate it. They check an extensive file of facsimiles of
genuine signatures, and also look for anomalies in the time line or
context."
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"Your catalog was astonishing to me because of the things in it."
The Hartford Courant, "Conversations"
by Steve Kemper, April 13, 1997. |
