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Permalink Reply by Rich on April 8, 2017 at 8:03pm

Here's my quick take on this: The signatures look like a better effort, but you have the same problems I mentioned on the other poster. You have a perfectly signed item, all with the same pen, all with top notch placement on a poster that seems to have suffered virtually no wear and tear. That just doesn't happen on the street. I'd also raise questions about how they happened to get absolutely everyone (including Miranda Otto, who wasn't even in The Fellowship of The Ring).

This COA is garbage. No name (likely fake) company. I don't see a name to go to that signature or an address for the company. It validates nothing and guarantees nothing.

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Permalink Reply by Hunter Baardsen on April 8, 2017 at 8:08pm

Thank you for your input, I really love Lotr and just want an autographed poster. If you find one that is authentic please message me.

Hunter

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Permalink Reply by Rich on April 8, 2017 at 8:18pm

I think you might want to set your sights on something less than the entire cast, as that's not something you're likely to find at all - especially on something as difficult to handle in public as a poster. There are a couple more listed on Bay at the moment at $9000 and $15,000, and those are even worse forgeries.

Some of these actors have done conventions in the past and still do (Wood, Urban, Astin, Rhys-Davies, etc) conventions, but many of them have not and will not. Consider the logistics of hauling a large poster around for weeks (possibly years) trying to get every cast member. Even if successful, the poster would most certainly not be signed perfectly with the same pen. And the effort would take so much time, money and energy - and frustration - that the price tag would be especially high. Pete was right in his estimate of several thousand dollars.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 8, 2017 at 9:48pm

I encourage you to pursue a refund on your last signed LOTR poster. I also encourage you to look into learning some more about this great hobby as there are many pitfalls that can be avoided with a bit of homework. The COA posted in this thread is an example of the type of thing to avoid. The things Rich mentioned are all very important.

If you don't want to become involved in the autograph collecting, and "just want a poster" as you say, your first line of defense might be limiting yourself to selecting items only from top tier grading companies, such as PSA, JSA etc. I never suggest buying based on a certificate, I am not saying so here. This is I why I called that the "first line" of defense. You next line might be an expert like you have heard from in these postings - get second opinions - you may have to pay a little for them but the experience they have will help to protect you. And the point made above is a good one - set your sights more realistically and, I add gently, have patience. 

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Permalink Reply by Mr. Steffman on April 9, 2017 at 1:02pm

Not real.

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