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1970's Elton John Yellow Brick Road -- Authentic or good forgery?

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According to his Ebay page -- he has sold MANY autographed items over the last year. When you say he is well known Steve -- what do you mean? 

He used to be Walls of Fame in Florida.

I just wanted to provide an update on EBay seller rd421smith2012. After making a purchase and realizing it was not good I did a little research into this seller. It turns out if you google the username you will see all the evidence to support the fact that he is a known fraud. After calling him out and providing evidence that the item was fake and threatening to contact eBay, low and behold he immediately changed his eBay username. It is now entertainment-sports1967.

It turns out “Billy Smith” realized he was busted and immediately changed his username after refunding me. Shame on me for not doing my research before bidding but it really looked good. After close examination it showed signs that it was forged. This is the first time that I have been burned, I typically only buy from reputable dealers or obtaining signatures in person. I just wanted to update the posts about rd421smith2012 and let everyone know that he has changed his username and continues selling fakes

What did you purchase from him Raymond Fritz?  And what evidence did you provide that it was fake? He's known for selling fakes from Springsteen, Elton John, and many others -- including old Life Magazines "signed" by the stars on the cover.  It's curious how a person can be selling fakes for years and have no negative feedback. Plus -- even though he changed his user name -- he still has his feedback. I thought that goes to zero after a name change. 

Feedback does not zero out with a username change although the previous username(s) are stored for viewing(there's a link for that).

The item was an Adam West hand drawn sketch of Batman allegedly signed by Adam West. It failed PSA authentication. I had it authenticated after noticing odd pressure points in the signature that you couldn’t see in the scan of the photo that was posted on eBay. Also found that it had failed other authentication services in the past and has been sold repeatedly through other channels over the years. He has also listed a signed hand drawn sketch by Vincent Price that he states was witnessed by him however it was sold on another auction site 2 weeks before he listed it. The same auction sold the Adam West sketch 2 weeks before I bid on it. Again, all of this was researched after my suspicions. 

That's good information. If he does more "Gleasons" I will know him anyway! Here another of His "Bowie's"...and the original ISOLAR card he copied to make it scanned from RecordMecca:

Another typical "Bowie" from him:

Are you the one who left him 2 negative feedbacks on authenticity? He can change his username but he can't change the feedback which counts the most.

Both bad. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/JANE-FONDA-Rare-AUTOGRAPHED-1971-034-LIFE-...

Looks fake to me.....I will soon go to law enforcement regarding several forgers....I guarantee it , I no longer have the patience with dillholes like this.

a wonderful addition to my Streisand collection at a great price....l LOVE IT
o***o ( 991Purple star icon for feedback score in between 500 to 999)
During past 6 months
 

BARBRA STREISAND -Rare AUTOGRAPHED "GREATEST HITS" ALBUM - HAND SIGNED IN-FULL (#263539434871)

Why sell a Barbra so cheap when you can get more for it , doesn't add up !

US $89.00

Here is my in person. Mind you I was tackled by security before he gave it to me. Very rushed but real.

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