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Kruk Cards' "large collection of autographs"

What’s your opinion on Kruk Cards and their “large collection of autographs”?

They sell about two thousand of signed LPs on Ebay and in each auction they state the same thing from late 2014:

“This signed cover comes from a large collection of autographs
that we recently purchased from a long time collector”

The question is: how can a single collection be SO LARGE to include two thousand of signed LPs and twenty (sometimes thirty or fourty or more) signed by each artist using the same pen (in 80% of cases a blue sharpie)? And if there is such a huge and important collection, why don't they provide further informations about the "long time collector"?

During the last year, Kruk Cards has sold something like eighty Beach Boys signed LPs (at the moment they have listed about fourty). I’m a Beach Boys autograph collector and I bought a Mike Love signed LP from them. They all come with a JSA basic certificate and the Mike Love signature looks fine. However, the Al Jardine autograph looks to me a bit weird and quite different from other known recent examples.

These are some examples of Al Jardine autograph taken from Kruk Cards auctions:

What’s your opinion on Al Jardine autograph and – in general – on Kruk Cards' huge autograph collection?

Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Dane on April 12, 2016 at 7:14pm

Kruk has a hit or miss reputation on his stuff. More importantly, he has somehow gained the reputation of others shill bidding on his listings.

In any case, I'm sure that if the item turns out bad, Kruk would refund you. He's a fairly big time regional dealer who will likely be around for a while.

The large collection thing might be a buyout of a store that sold signed LPs. Personally, if the item looks close, I'd give Kruk the benefit of the doubt. If it looks bad, let him know. Maybe he can still get his money back on the collection.

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Permalink Reply by B. Anderson on April 18, 2016 at 11:30am

I recently bought several Erasure signed LPs from them. I had gotten two Andy Bell (Erasure) signed things done in person previously. The signatures look identical. The albums I got were cheap, not in the best shape, and had different pens. The signatures all look good, although I did not study them closely and would not necessarily be the best at discerning a forgery. The prices were low, but don't think there is much demand for their stuff. One item I did not purchase was personalized. The ink used was black and silver with mine. I feel 100% certain the ones I bought were real.

For some artists it is pretty easy to get autographed items if you go to concerts and can meet them after the show or with VIP, etc. I have no doubt about the authenticity of the ones I purchased. Some came with JSA. Some did not. I have no knowledge of Beach Boys though.