Authentication and Forgery Alert
This group will discuss authentication issues within the industry, including but not limited to 3rd party authentication. It will also be a "clearing house" for suspected forgeries.
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Bloomberg Reports on Great Ben Franklin Letter To Be Sold At Heritage
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http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9IIEEUO0.htm There are a lot of great auctions coming up in the next few weeks…Continue
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Steve Cyrkin commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'
Kevin,
Anything we can do to help, let us know. From what I can tell, Guaranteed Autographs sells nothing but forgeries. All guys like this know to do is slander and terrorize the reputable people. Hopefully he'll end up in prison with the rest…
kevin conway commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'
You guys hit the nail on the head with Allen Radwill of Guaranteed Autographs. I "outed" this guy and his "Highly Suspect" activity (I would use far more severe words to describe Radwill but this is a family…
john reznikoff replied to Mike Navarro's discussion 'Enrico Fermi autographed TLS for sale (tough autograph)' in the group Free Buy, Sell and Trade Group
Give it to markus because he responded first, but if he doesn't want it for any reason, I'll buy it.
Thanks mike
Steve Cyrkin commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'
That's not just ugly, Chris...it's zombie.
Christopher Williams commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'
And this one, too:
Christopher Williams commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'
I don't know who Al Radwill is, or his reputation, but I found this ugly Mantle on his website.
Steve Cyrkin commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'
Maybe the Universal Manuscript Society is a section of the Autograph Society of America.
Bill Panagopulos commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'
Hahahahaha!!! "Universal Manuscript Society"!!! And I'm a member in good standing of the "Atomic Autograph Association of Ashtabula"! What a maroon...
Bill Panagopulos commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'
"Al Radwill is a well-known, respected trusted member of an industry he has served for 30 years...We are a member of The Garden State Ephemera Association and The Universal Manuscript Society...Over two-thirds of our items come from three major…
Josef R commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'
Who asked about Guaranteddautograps.com? I have found no one real handsigned Czech item here. Only totally id..t can buy this Havel´s "signature"...
Steve Cyrkin commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'
David,
This is an important dealer to discuss in detail. Everyone in this group will get each comment made on this wall, though, so what about starting a discussion above? That way they'll only get emails if they comment or subscribe to the…
Steve Cyrkin commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'
Looks more like Tiger Whoops.
BallroomDays67 commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'
I looked at the "signed" copy of the Doors LP "Waiting For The Sun", and in my opinion it's a terrible forgery.
David Wright commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'
It would be funny if it wasn't so sad but how about this for an utterly appalling Tiger Woods fake :
http://guaranteedautographs.com/wotihiplgo20.html
and if you ever need to frighten any naughty children then show them the Jack Nicklaus or…
DB commented on john reznikoff's group 'Authentication and Forgery Alert'
@Steve - probability; (1) : the ratio of the number of outcomes in an exhaustive set of equally likely outcomes that produce a given event to the total number of possible outcomes (2) : the chance that a given event will occur .
I am unsure if…
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Unrecorded Harry Truman Secretarial Signatures
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:30am 4 Comments 0 Likes
I recently purchased an entire archive of Secretary of the Treasury under Truman, John W. Snyder. Going through this archive has been enlightening on a number of levels. Illustrated here are some examples that will be valuable to Truman collectors and are published for the first time.
- March 3, 1939 Authentically signed by Truman as Senator
- May 2, 1940 proxy signed letter "Harry S. T. by BWT" unquestionably signed for the Senator by his wife and future first lady Bess…
Robert Edwards Auctions/Rob Lifson thanks third party authenticators.
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 10:30am 24 Comments 0 Likes
Note To Autograph Authenticators: Thanks!
Published by Robert Lifson on Tagged Uncategorized
REA would like to take the time to express a special thanks to all the authenticators who have contributed to uncovering often ingenious and complicated fraud, and in the process protecting consumers. It’s a thankless job and these guys are often literally on the firing lines of retribution by those whose interests they cross. It is a given that these same authenticators sometimes make… Continue
Published by Robert Lifson on Tagged Uncategorized
REA would like to take the time to express a special thanks to all the authenticators who have contributed to uncovering often ingenious and complicated fraud, and in the process protecting consumers. It’s a thankless job and these guys are often literally on the firing lines of retribution by those whose interests they cross. It is a given that these same authenticators sometimes make… Continue
Authentication and Forgery Alert: Forgeries, in my opinion, Exposed!!!
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 11:00am 7 Comments 0 Likes
In the fight against forgery, authenticators often communicate about skilled forgeries that have hit the market. All of these forgeries originate with the same source. Many of the images are from Steve Grad of PSA/DNA. If anyone else has other examples please post them. Some of these forgeries are very devious even incorporating what would appear to be authentic letterhead or genuine old album pages. The good news is that we failed this material and…
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- At 1:33pm on June 13, 2011,
wade wellingham said…
Hi John,
It appears that I have some kind of auto pen signatures of some presidents and their wives, could you look and see or give me your opinion. Thanks in advance ,,,,wade
- At 8:07am on April 28, 2011, Bob Shinn gave john reznikoff a gift…
- At 3:09pm on March 7, 2011,
Cherub Freed said…
Dear John, upon listening to your NPR story, I had to contact you. My dad is in possession of a 1848 print of "The First Prayer in Congress" that was coloured and signed by M.B. Taylor, the White House Hostess, and Zachory Taylor's daughter. Over the years we have compiled tons of evidence - but we haven't been able to track down her signature to prove it once and for all.
It's so difficult to pitch this situation to people, and all of the research I have done has come up with dead ends. I can't find her marriage certificates or anything she may have signed for as Hostess.
I would love to present our additional info to you; do you think you could help in any way? I don't know if you hire yourself out for jobs like this or not... Any advise or assistance would be appreciated. This print has been driving my dad nuts for the last 20 years, and we simply do not know how to find her signature.
Thank you so much
cherub
cherubfreed@yahoo.com
- At 5:27am on February 25, 2011, George Papania gave john reznikoff a gift…
- At 7:50pm on December 11, 2010,
Jason Boyd said… hi John,
do you have any celebrity address requests? if so feel free to ask for them in the forum: "reader's address requests"
- At 8:19pm on November 1, 2010,
Louie reeves said… - Thanks John thats what I thought, It amazes me I keep pointing this out to the UACC but they do nothing about this, I have a real obama as I met him in Terre Haute in Sept 2008 when he was here and signed for me!
- At 7:23pm on November 1, 2010,
Steve Cyrkin said…
- Louie, I don't think any of their Obamas are good--but a couple are pretty close. This baseball is a glaring example. Can you tell how slowly the autograph looks like it was written? It looks more drawn than signed.
- At 6:04pm on November 1, 2010,
Louie reeves said…
- John AACS has several Obama autos on their current auction, If you happen to see them do any look real to you? Just wondering, they are clearing inventory so one has to wonder?
- At 8:30pm on September 30, 2010,
Michael Kasmar-AutographPros.com said… - Hey John. Sorry I never got around to calling. Do you have photos of either of those guys. To date, I still don't recall who it was. Wonderful information being posted on this site. It's a beautiful time for music!
- At 12:00pm on September 24, 2010,
Bobby Livingston said… - John,
Is that Tefillin on your head or are you just happy to see the Rabbi?
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