Authenticity is Everything
WYNNCO, Seller of Forged Rock Autographs for 20+ Years, Closed by S.C.!
Friend of this site, Jack Reynolds posed a question to the readers if they had ever heard of Wynnco. He had bought a few items from them including a Cream album and a Ringo and thr Allstar Band signed cymbal:
http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/have-anyone-heard-of...
He contacted me about these items and I had to inform him that they were not authentic. He told me he works very hard for his money and that he would do everything he could to see that no one else would be hurt by this company.
Jack and I exchanged much information over the last 6 months regarding these items. He also contacted the cymbal company and gave them the serial number on the cymbal and it was from 7 years after the cymbal was said to have been signed. This along with the information I provided was used for his case.
After contacting every agency he could including the BBB and the state trade commission, he was informed that the company had been closed down and they had confiscated some of the items he had for sale on his site.
WYNNCO had been doing business through Goldmine Magazine and the internet for over 20 years, selling items that were not authentic. It is such a great feeling to see these types of businesses go under for selling bogus material, and being able to help out in the way I did makes it feel even better.
I hope this is a wakeup call to all the galleries and online sellers of bogus music autographs that we have only begun to fight. The ball has been rolling for some time and the bad guys are getting stung one by one. I joined this fight years back to help the collectors in making sure that their investments are authentic. I have taken a lot of heat including being sued but like the State of South Carolina said "my opinion carries a lot of weight".
I'm not sure what is next in store for WYNNCO but I think criminal charges aren't far behind. Let's just see what happens next, but like Steve Cyrkin says, these bad dealers are "dead men walking"!
Another huge stride in "The Fight Against Forgeries!"
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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on
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Congratulations!
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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on
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The owner of Wynnco is Jack Wynne, and according to the collector, Jack Reynolds, they've been in business since 1978. The scammers aren't going to get away with it anymore.
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Permalink Reply by DB on
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but let's just hope that it doesn't take 20 years to take 'em out!
alot of this garbage is now floating around everywhere....
good show roger... I'd take your opinion to the bank on any given day at this point! Let's the ankle biters do what they do best...(make things up, distort the facts, and when that doesn't work did I already say "make things up" or take the rare exception and make it sound like the norm). Even young grasshoppers who always want to take on the sensei. I did that once with a 3rd degree and found out why many 1st degrees end up on their kistas!
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Permalink Reply by Brandon Mysinger on
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I know how proud you feel roger! Good Job! I know I was on cloud 9 when the big time NASCAR forgery dealer was removed from ebay.
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brandon... let's not pump him up too much as that Ten Gallon Hat won't make it thru the door, lol....
but regardless of those who understand the BBB they do, at times, get it right;
On a scale of A+ to F they rate;
which we should add a new definition of!
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Permalink Reply by Gordon O'Steen on
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Great work Jack and Roger! The good guys win every once in a while.
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Permalink Reply by Rick Garceau on
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Nice job! congratulations to all who made It happen!
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This is great news for everybody, thank you for your help in the process.
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Probably a red flag if buyers had been monitoring it but alawys a good place to check (Sec. of State)
WYNNCO ENTERPRISES, INC.
DOMESTIC / FOREIGN: Domestic STATUS: Forfeiture STATE OF INCORPORATION
/ ORGANIZATION:SC
ProfitREGISTERED AGENT INFORMATION
REGISTERED AGENT NAME: JACK R WYNN III ADDRESS: 127 OVERLOOK DR PICKENS SC CITY: STATE: ZIP: SECOND ADDRESS: 
FILE DATE: 10/06/1989 EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/06/1989 DISSOLVED DATE: 12/31/2007 Corporation History Records
CODE FILE DATE COMMENT Document Forfeiture 12/31/2007 ADMIN DISSOLUTION #2 Incorporation 10/06/1989 ART Film
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This is great news. Sad that "they" are still out there, but great news that they are finally getting caught.
CHEERS!!!
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Permalink Reply by Shannon Fields on
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This is horrible! I purchased multiple items from Wynnco years ago, including 4 Madonna autographs and a dress supposedly owned and worn by Madonna donated to a battered women's charity in NY ?? I was only 18 yrs old at the time when I purchased the dress for $2000. I was able to buy these items back then because they allowed monthly payment plans. I always felt like the dress was a fake but I was young and dumb..lol But I thought the autographs were authentic without a doubt because I know Madonna's signature VERY WELL after all these years of collecting them.. unless they are reprints ?? But they don't appear to be and two are LP covers ?? They were matted and framed by Wynnco and I've never even removed them from the frames. This is so disappointing after all of these years of thinking these autographs were actually one of the few authentic ones I owned:( I've uploaded both LP covers and hopefully someone can give their opinion about authenticity. They appear to be very similar to Madonna's signature from the early 90's, as her autograph has changed a lot since then.
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