Iβm pretty sure that Melody did not sign all the old pieces with a marker.
If she did there would be a heck of a lot more pieces like this floating around. Itβs more likely that it was a fan that met Melody at some point and asked her to sign them. Nerds like me, who pestered poor Melody to sign her lovely workβ¦

(this was way before the forum, etc, existed, and yes that griffin is MINE!
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