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...also financial: rumors in Bonn's press circles had the magazine paying $4 million for its "discovery." Other insiders considered that figure too low. The discrediting of the diaries enhanced the reputations of some historians and forgery experts who had quickly concluded that the diaries were fraudulent. New York Autograph Dealer Charles Hamilton had taken one long look at photocopies of a few of the diary excerpts and pronounced them too consistent and too smooth to be credible. "Hitler's handwriting was full of power and force," he said. "It was tormented, impetuous, so that when he wanted to make...
...sound ground but playing an awkward role was Kenneth Rendell, a Newton, Mass., autograph analyst who was paid $8,000 by Newsweek magazine. Also separately advising Stern, he put the two volumes brought to New York by Koch under his microscope, photocopied and enlarged the words, and concluded that the books were forgeries. When he told this to Koch, Rendell says, "he was absolutely devastated." At week's end Rendell said that his sole interest was to pursue his theories about how "this mess," as he called it, had been created. He predicted teasingly and without explanation: "There is potentially...
...sample diary pages that were made available seems to lack the bold sweep of Hitler's hand and to understate some of his characteristic quirks, like curling the end of each line down and to the right (see box). Said Charles Hamilton, a noted New York City autograph dealer and author of a forthcoming book called Autographs of the Third Reich: "The genuine writing is full of power and force. In the diary samples that I saw, all the letters shake, as though they were drawn, not written...
...some potential supporters). Glenn devoted his pre-balloting time to meeting with delegates. Some key groups singled out by whips would be ushered out to the trailer. At key times, he made a trip around the convention floor--surrounded by a trained advance team--to shake hands and to autograph credentials cards...
Most of those who came to have Hart autograph his book classified themselves as Hart supporters, and many expressed disappointment at the low turnout...