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Authenticity is Everything
Steve Cyrkin, Admin's Blog – February 2013 Archive (1)
Mass Resignations, Lives Threatened as AFTAL is Hijacked During Behind the Scenes Forgery Investigation
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…
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