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Bob Dylan AUTOPEN Info To Help With Returns / Refunds - Simon & Schuster, Premiere, and Coles
***URGENT UPDATE
Previous update
Some users have uncovered potential autopen use within Bob Dylan's expensive art prints. Please check your prints if you own one and post a picture on this thread if you have any concerns.
here is a link to one of his art prints in question
https://www.castlefineart.com/art/bob-dylan/cactus
*UPDATE - Let this be a warning to ALL publishers and celebrities in the future. We are sick and tired of these autopen releases. Our community has had enough and absolutely will not stand for this practice to continue any longer!!!
I want to point out that Coles Books needs to be commended. They made sure to look out for their customers and refused to ship these out if they came from the same S&S stock, which they did. It was also an easy process to cancel orders beforehand if you wished. Coles. on behalf of everyone, I want to thank you for having integrity and watching out for all of us.
I can NOT say the same about Premiere Collectibles. They refused to honor cancelation requests until it was known these books were in fact autopenned. They advertise themselves claiming they are collectors themselves. This is not true. They are a retailer first and only care about your money. There have been other autopen incidents where they absolutely refused to accept blame, stating items were real when they were clearly deemed autopen by the community. Be careful with future purchases with Premiere Collectibles.
This email came directly from Jonathan Karp at Simon and Schuster. If anyone still wishes to send him a message, here is his email address as well.
jonathan.karp@simonandschuster.com
We apologize for the mistake that was made and are offering a full refund of your purchase. Please keep your copy of The Philosophy of Modern Song at no cost. We hope you will enjoy reading it.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Karp
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ORIGINAL POST
I am creating this thread as a comprehensive all in 1 link for returns, refunds, chargebacks and claims made regarding the "signed" edition of Bob Dylan - The Philosophy Of Modern Song. Please use this link to email Simon & Schuster, Coles, and Premiere Collectables as 100% proof these were signed using an autopen machine.
I would like to say right off the bat, Coles Books in the UK is handling this professionally and seem to care deeply about their customer base. They have stated that, once they are in hand, If they find evidence of them being autopenned, they will cancel all orders.. Kudos to Coles.. I wish all retailers would follow their lead. If you wish to cancel your order with them immediately instead of waiting, It seems to be an easy process.
This post will be continuously updated with new information over the next few days
Please refer to this article for the time being until more information is added
https://www.iheartradio.ca/newstalk-1290-cjbk/news/collectors-quest...
Here is the post I created a few weeks ago with info regarding the Indigo incident.
https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/indigo-bob-dylan-po...
So far, there have been a total of 17 confirmed different templates for the autopen machine used for Bob Dylans signature. I am in the process of creating video comparisons for all 17 sets. Please post full page photos of your item as they are delivered to aid in this process
Here are all 17 templates used by Bob Dylan - I am still looking for full page photos for numbers 8,13 and 15 thru 17 but its still best to post whatever you receive
Be aware when checking against your own copy, it has come to light that they are possibly using 1st and last names interchangeably. Bob in #2 matches perfectly with Bob in #13 while Dylan in both are different
14th variation confirmed
15th variation
16th variation - Seems to be almost an exact combination of #11 and #13 with a different vertical line in his "D"
17th variation
Video and photo comparisons created so far
Video of set 1 Dylan1.mp4 - Photo of set 1 Dylan1.JPG
Video of set 2 Dylan2.mp4 - Photo of set 2 Dylan2.JPG
Video of set 3 Dylan3.mp4 - Photo of set 3 Dylan3.JPG
Video of set 4 Dylan4.mp4 - Photo of set 4 Dylan4.JPG
Video of set 5 Dylan5.mp4 - Photo of set 5 Dylan5.JPG
Video of set 6 Dylan6.mp4 - Photo of set 6 Dylan6.JPG
Video of set 7 Dylan7.mp4 - Photo of set 7 Dylan7.JPG
Video of set 9 Dylan9.mp4 - Photo of set 9 Dylan9.JPG
Video of set 10 Dylan10.mp4 - Photo of set 10 Dylan10.JPG
Video of set 11 Dylan11.mp4 - Photo of set 11 Dylan11.JPG
Video of set 12 Dylan12.mp4 - Photo of set 12 Dylan12.JPG
Video of set 14 Dylan14.mp4 - Photo of set 14 Dylan14.JPG
Here are the COAs stating these books were in fact hand-signed
Suzanne Baboneau for UK - Certificate Of Authenticity UK.jpg
Jonathan Karp for USA - Certificate Of Authenticity USA.JPG
Coles listing before it was removed - Coles Website Listing.jpg
Important emails:
Jonathan Karp US - CEO of Simon & Schuster
jonathan.karp@simonandschuster.com
Duane Ward of Premiere Collectables
duane@premierespeakers.com - Others have tried duane@premierecollectables.com
Suzanne Baboneau, Managing Director
suzanne.baboneau@simonandschuster.co.uk
Ian Chapman, UK - CEO
ian.chapman@simonandschuster.co.uk
Bob Dylan's Manager
Jeff Kramer
OK Management
275 South Beverly Drive
Suite 215
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Phone: 310-535-1647
Bob Dylan's Agent
Brian Greenbaum
Creative Artists Agency
2000 Avenue Of The Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: 424-288-2000
Bob Dylan's Production Agent
Sony/Columbia/CBS Records
550 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-833-7305
Bob Dylan's Law Firm
Manatt Phelps & Phillips
11355 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: 310-312-4000
Bob Dylan's Twitter
Tweet or privatly message Bob on his verified Twitter account.
https://twitter.com/bobdylan/
Bob Dylan's Facebook
Post or message Bob on his verified Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/bobdylan/
I also found this email associated with Bob Dylans store. Its worth a try
BOBDYLAN@EPICRIGHTS.COM
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Dolly Parton is also guilty of using multiple autopens in the same fashion with multiple templates over the years but with a slight twist where they manipulate the page as the autopen machine writes her signature. If we are looking to stop all future attempts at autopen usage, she needs to be held accountable just as much as Bob Dylan and S&S. Link to threads below
Here is a great example provided by Eric Keith Longo
Dolly Parton Autopen Example.jpg
http://www.feelnumb.com/2022/03/09/dolly-parton-fake-autograph-song...
https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/dolly-parton-signed...
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Permalink Reply by PFCollector on
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Yeah I'd say if he doesn't make it right on his own free will, he deserves to be sued and so does S&S and Castle... prison time would be a bit much... but giving refunds is absolutely no consequences to any of them. Plus they can probably write it off on taxes as a business loss, so it could be a benefit to them anyway. So they should do something to make it right, especially considering it puts a stain on all the other prints people have bought for years imo.
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Permalink Reply by Matt M. on
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This likely could have been headed off by Castle having a representative present at the signings. They have some responsibility here and going to cost them on prints outside of these series unless they can provide definitive proof that rest of sigs are real.
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Permalink Reply by Jason H on
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This stinks of Dolly all over again but with a twist.. Not everyone watches media on Dylan constantly. There will be a bunch of owners of these prints who wont find out they are fakes until years later.. Sure offering refunds looks good, but there is no way everyone will be refunded. These fakes will remain out in the wild. This mass refund attempt is honestly unacceptable. Dolly never admitted to autopen usage so she beats Dylan there, but retailers did refund or allow returns to all customers who complained
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I've learned a little about slander the last few days thanks to Chris Willman pointing it out. Dolly knows what she was doing by never admitting fault.. and its why others, with good legal teams, refuse to admit fault as well. We were extremely organized with our proof against Dylan though. I don't think there was any way around it for him
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Permalink Reply by Nichole on
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Wait. Dolly never admitted it?
geez. Ok. I know Dylan scammed people and he didn’t admit it until we said it but he did own it and she never did.
one difference there and she is a good person
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Dylan was cornered. We did not put this much effort into Dolly's autopens. this is why we need to use this as a template for all autopens going forward. Document everything and have all emails organized to make it easy for everyone to complain. I believe a lot of people left their dolly autopen for others to complain about for them. The effort was just not there compared to Dylan..
THIS DOES NOT MAKE DYLAN ANY BETTER OFF
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Ohhh ok. I wasn’t around for dolly pen gate. Lol.
im also thinking dolly pen gate wasn’t as large a monetary scandal? $25k a print? For some? Idk.
im really sore at Dylan for this. Integrity means a lot. He has none. NONE. I’ve literally lost sleep over this. That’s how much it upsets me.
you can tell by the time stamp of my posts
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Yes, lots of echoes of Dolly on this and I was sadly scammed by her on Songteller too (eventually refunded but no admission and they wanted book back).
It’s been nice to see this actually get some attention and results, largely thanks to you and all the folks contributing on here. I’m just not letting the issue go with Castle for my 2019-purchased print. It’s to the point now that I’m about to take it off the wall since I have no idea who/what signed it. Was once one of Crown Jewels in my collection lol, now this.
Like someone said, it’s making me mad every time I look at it, at least I packed the book back in the box and put it away so I don’t have to see it lol.
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Honestly. They’re legit. He’s a liar. We have known this forever. Not everyone lies though.
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I hear you lol…I just wish Castle could share with me whatever it is that you are basing that on!! :-)
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