Autograph Magazine Live!

The Authentic Experience

Autograph Magazine Live! is the place for autograph lovers worldwide. Blog, join groups & forums, add photos, videos & more. It's free!

newsletter

Sign Up for Our Newsletter!
Email:

Read a Sample issue


Latest Activity

RockStar Gallery knows just as well as anyone all this stuff is fake. And if I knowingly traffic or launder fraudulent material, someone else eventually gets screwed when they buy it and I'm no better than these criminals.
3 hours ago
they only have 1 way authenticators. they only have faith in the authentication when they are selling it to you. they know its no good when the piece comes back in the other direction.
3 hours ago
ARA does not act like an honest company. If the autograph had any value, they would be willing to buy it back. You can buy a signed Beatles album for under $5000 at Autograph Central. Autograph Central is rated an F by the BBB. I can see why ARA wou…
3 hours ago
4 hours ago
5 hours ago
I got a Doris Roberts postcard autographed in the mail today. I mailed a LOR on Aug 27 and got a response only 6 days later.
5 hours ago
If you compare them to "known exemplars" you can see that they are not the same. These were all signed in the same hand. These in my expert opinion are average at best forgeries.
8 hours ago
Wow, that's terrible. But I must've missed something..how do you know they're fake? (Just trying to learn something here).
10 hours ago
I compared the Rolling Stone merchandise at Autograph Central with ones at Rock Star Gallery. It looks like there are six of the same Rolling Stone/Keith Richards albums simultaneously on both sites. If this is the case, why would Mr. Dunn do busine…
12 hours ago
no they don't, they don't care. they price everything 10 or 20 times the going rate. no matter what. no matter if the athlete or celebrity freely signs and their autograph can be had for 20 bucks, history direct will put it at 400. that's just the w…
12 hours ago
Steve Shudder added a discussion
The other day I was reading an article how some collectible dealers price their items so Absurdly high, that they obviously are waiting for the new or inexperienced collector or gift buyer to come along. The company History Direct out of Las Vegas (…
15 hours ago
Astronauts Joe Kerwin and Paul Weitz just signed on to attend ASF's Astronaut Autograph & Memorabilia Show! ALL eight surviving Skylab astronauts are now on the roster! Check out the full list of this year's attendees-- http://astronautscholarship…
15 hours ago
Astronauts Joe Kerwin and Paul Weitz just signed on to attend Astronaut Scholarship Foudnation's Astronaut Autograph & Memorabilia Show! ALL eight surviving Skylab astronauts are now on the roster!   Blast off to Launch Headquarters, Kennedy Space C…
15 hours ago
15 hours ago
i would hope this guy stays the couse and doesn't allow himself to be dissuaded. i'm very interested in seeing the outcome and do believe it is for the better of the hobby
18 hours ago
Sonny Burnett added a discussion
i'm a new guy in this  site. the reason i logged in here is that i want to sell an autographed Def Leppard ticket. The ticket was signed by all members of the band in year 2003 nov 18, in Lithuania, Vilnius, while the band was on its tour promoting…
22 hours ago
I also have a question. i'm a new guy in this site. the reason i logged in here is that i want to sell an autographed Def Leppard ticket. The ticket was signed by all members of the band in year 2003 nov 18, in Lithuania, Vilnius, while the band was…
22 hours ago
Sonny Burnett updated their profile
22 hours ago
Sonny Burnett updated their profile photo
22 hours ago
Sonny Burnett and TJ Allen joined Autograph Magazine Live!
22 hours ago
 

Members

  • Bjarne Soderholm
  • Steve Cyrkin
  • david baas
  • TJ Allen
  • gary  kammerud
  • Robert Plante
  • Mark Saurin
  • scott perdue
  • Travis Roste
  • Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
  • Steve Shudder
  • Jim McFiver
  • Richard S. Simon
  • Jeffery Kite
  • donc
  • Markus Geilfuss
  • Christopher Williams
  • Alexander Mehl
Autograph Magazine June 2010

A few basic rules:

• No buying and selling yet.

• If you're a dealer—Please check that box when you sign up.

• Keep it clean and friendly.

• Don't assume everything members call genuine is genuine—Members have varying abilities.


*****Poll: What do you want to see in Autograph magazine?*****


Must Reads:

Beatles-Signed Abbey Road Albums: What's Real? What's Fake?—American Royal Arts has sold at least 9 signed Abbey Road albums. But only two that Beatles experts call genuine are known, and they're not the ones we've seen from ARA.

Autograph's Article Site

Antiquities Owner Toby Stoffa's Blogs—Controversial as they come!

Christopher Morales, the Forger's Best Friend—If Morales calls that autograph genuine you can bet it's a forgery.

American Royal Arts' Fake Guitar Signing Photos Autograph's discovery covered by ABC News 20/20 and Inside Edition.

Safe Autograph Buying 101

Forgery Whistleblowers—Kevin Nelson on passionate people protecting collectors.

How to Buy Rock... Without Getting Rolled

Blog Posts

scott perdue

ROLLING STONES & AUTOGRAPH CENTRAL

Posted by scott perdue on August 31, 2010 at 9:25pm — 8 Comments

Thomas Gubitosi

BEWARE TOBY STOFFA OF ANTIQUITIES LAS VEGAS

Posted by Thomas Gubitosi on August 30, 2010 at 10:00am — 11 Comments

Josh Board

David Letterman Talks Autographs with Tom Dreesen

Posted by Josh Board on August 28, 2010 at 1:08pm — 1 Comment

Josh Board

Ha Ha, Kate Hudson!

Posted by Josh Board on August 26, 2010 at 4:46pm — 3 Comments

Louie reeves

Is this a real Frank Sinatra!

Posted by Louie reeves on August 26, 2010 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Josh Board

Interesting Autograph Stuff -- Football/Baseball

Posted by Josh Board on August 25, 2010 at 5:41pm — 1 Comment

Herman Darvick

Collecting the Wright Brothers, Right or Wrong?

Posted by Herman Darvick on August 25, 2010 at 6:51am — 1 Comment

david baas

More fraud - American Royal Arts and Jerry Gladstone

Posted by david baas on August 23, 2010 at 12:08pm — 2 Comments

Jan Costermans

Torn between two lovers

Posted by Jan Costermans on August 22, 2010 at 2:29am

Photos

Forum

Town Square

Introduction & General Topics

75 discussions

Autograph Events

Booksignings to Conventions to Meet & Greets

6 discussions

Entertainment

Movie, TV & Stage Autographs & Memorabilia

5 discussions

Music

Music Autographs & Memorabilia

8 discussions

History

Historical Autographs & Memorabilia

2 discussions

Autograph Magazine Articles

Operation Bullpen Keeps Making News

BY KEVIN NELSON August 23, 2010 I continue to be amazed—and flattered—by the attention that my book, Operation Bullpen: The Inside Story of the Biggest Forgery Scam in American History, continues to receive nearly four years after publication. In an interview this month in Collectors Weekly, Sotheby’s consultant and Antiques Roadshow appraiser Leila Dunbar says: [...]

‘Champions Forever’ Sigs: Real or Fake?

Boxing fans have read and enjoyed Operation Bullpen: The Inside Story of the Biggest Forgery Ring in American History, and I know this because I get emails from them. Here’s the latest one, which popped into my email box at KevinNelsonWriter.com just the other day: “Hi, I have been fascinated by your book. I am [...]

A Rose is a Lily is an Orchid is a Signature

By LAWRENCE GROBEL —Autograph June 2010 Twelve years ago I came upon a curious book called Signature Flowers with the subtitle A Revealing Collection of Celebrity Drawings. The book was put together by Victoria Leacock, a writer and filmmaker whose father Richard is a filmmaker, and her mother was a fashion model, writer and painter, [...]

The Ultimate Horror Weekend

By ANTHONY D. RECORD —Autograph June 2010 Sometimes, you get lucky. Last fall, I found myself with nothing to do on a Saturday morning, so I checked out the Events section in Autograph and discovered that the Wyndham Resort in Kissimmee, about an hour and a half from my home, was hosting the Ultimate Horror [...]
 
 
 

© 2010   Created by Steve Cyrkin.

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

Sign in to chat!