Formed with the stated goal of stamping out fake autographs, AFTAL, the Autograph Fair Trade Alliance, attracted many of UK's and Europe's most reputable dealers as members. But while the vast majority of AFTAL dealers lived its stated goal, including a recognized expert used by law enforcement to testify against the forgery industry, AFTAL's two primary founders, Dominic Manning and Marc Mclennan, used it as cover to sell and authenticate thousands of forgeries. Manning has seized control…

There’s always lots of controversy when people buy paintings and autographs from convicts. Yet, we know there’s a big market for them in the collectable world.

Occasionally, we see the Hitler painting pop up at auction for hundreds of thousands of dollars. And Charles Manson is still doing crude drawings and signing lots of autographs through the mail from his prison sell in Northern California.

Well you can add another to the list – Jodi Arias. For those that haven’t seen…

Collector's Shangri-La provides a…

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Any one tell me who these autographs are please.

Thanx Martin

Hi all,

First post on the site.  I am considering purchasing a signed Grateful Dead guitar.  The background story of how these were obtained sounds a bit outlandish from the people selling, but I want to see if those who "know" have an opinion on the legitimacy of the signatures.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Link below:…

I have a book that was a gift many years ago.  I just did some research and believe the signature is most likely fake.  What can I do with this book?  

I just read an Announcement that John McInnis Auctioneers of Amesbury MA, will be auctioning John F Kennedy items.

According to the Announcement, the items come from the estate of Kennedy assistant and confidant, Dave Powers.

Here is a link to the Announcement from the Sports Collectors Daily website.…

Just received two Hulk Hogan autographs through the mail..To me they don't look authentic.. Can anyone clear this up for me?? Please leave comments on this subject...Here is one photo

Hi I a newbee and I would like to know if anyone has ever tried to Authenicate a GFA Authentication with say PSA or JSA or any others?

I usually only buy Steiner authentic signed photos or balls these days or UDA, I bought this beacuse the LCS owner who I have known 20 years sold it to me for a ridiculous discount it was on his wall for a long time..... My concern was the hologram on the pic it just says steiner in smaller letters over & over and the COA doesnt have a serial #, however I figured for the price alone and the fact it costs a decent penny for the frame & matting, it was a god risk..I also called Steiner…

I wanted to post this to show an example of a Greg Marino penned Mickey Mantle forgery.

I just found this on EBay and it is listed by EBay seller "rhoadester72."

This Mickey Mantle forgery comes with a B&J Collectibles COA.  B&J Collectibles was a major distributor of forgeries during the Operation Bullpen era.…

Below you will find some of the most horrific forgeries you will ever see listed on Ebay.

The below forgeries are listed by EBay seller bigjoe93257.

Wannabe collectors were actually bidding on the garbage (forgeries) listed by EBay bigjoe93257.

Be sure to click on the images to get a closer view.

Here's the Mickey…

I received this through the mail from the Roger Clemens foundation an I was hoping someone could tell me if this is an authentic Roger clemens autograph??? I'm not a pro at autographs, but to me it looks real.. So if anyone with any comments on this subject please leave comments...Thank you very much!!!…

The movie Broken City opens tonight. I’m guessing it’ll be huge. It’s got Mark Wahlberg for the ladies. Russell Crowe for the mature ladies. And best of all – no singing from Mr. Crowe. He does attempt a New York accent with mixed results.

(for my complete movie review, go here: http://fox5sandiego.com/2013/01/18/broken-city/#axzz2IM5hjBdr )

Well, I was reading the paper and had the TV on…

Does anyone know whose signature this is? I think it is a golfer.

Hi. I just joined this forum tonight. I am a big baseball autograph collector but I know nothing about celebrities... Someone from my area has this Hendrix signed (broken) album that he wants to sell. He says his aunt worked in the studio that Hendrix used. I trust him. However, he did not see Jimmy sign it, his aunt got it for his sister. does anyone know if its real? If it is, what would it be worth approximately ? Sorry for the bad pics, he texted them to me. Thank you very…

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I’ve never understood people that get a dollar bill signed. Imagine you see Donnie Most. You scream to your wife “That’s the dude that played Ralph Malph on Happy Days!”

You’re searching your wallet for something to have him autograph, only to see those crispy, green pieces of paper in the wallet. You have him sign a dollar bill, tell him you loved him on Happy Days. He smiles, thanks you, and then you ask “What are you doing now?”

He frowns.

You walk away…