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Ebay seller: oldrarities

I was looking at this sellers inventory and concluded that they're probably garbage, but I'm interested in what others think.

The Bono for sale made me look twice, but it's missing the beginning of the B - as is every other one they've sold in recent months, all of which are signed in the exact same manner all in the same spot on each photo. I'm pretty certain it's safe to declare those fake, but I'm wondering if all their inventory is dirty. Kinda looks like it.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/oldrarities/m.html?item=321052585153&pt...

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Permalink Reply by Carl Ryan on January 7, 2013 at 2:05pm

I would say Bad. The Springsteen doesnt even look close.

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Permalink Reply by Rich on March 18, 2013 at 8:29pm

Well, PSA liked the Bono forgeries well enough to bless off on them.

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Permalink Reply by Rich on August 8, 2013 at 8:01am

Seller is STILL peddling these $15 forgeries. Might as well, since PSA will lazily bless off on them.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BONO-Autographed-8-x-10-PHOTO-Rock-Singer-U...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on August 8, 2013 at 9:33am

I don't see how anyone can authenticate scribbles. Maybe Bono's crowd autograph does look like that. The fact of the matter is, it takes almost no skill to replicate it... So how can anyone say with any degree of certainty, this was authentically signed by Bono?

Another factor to consider is risk and value. This is a high risk and relatively high value signature. If it was a $15 signature with low risk of being faked, it might change the equation.

Simple scribble + high risk + high value = PASS, no opinion rendered.

Just my 2 cents.

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Permalink Reply by Rich on August 8, 2013 at 9:38am

In this instance, the seller keeps selling this same "scribble" over an over. Always signed at the same angle, in the same spot on the photo, in the same style, and always missing the first pen stroke of the "B" - something you really don't see even in authentic rushed examples. Obvious forgeries replicated again and again.

The problem with PSA giving a thumbs up to bad examples too readily becomes apparent when you have an example like this.