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Permalink Reply by Richard Booth on April 25, 2015 at 4:33am

It is real!

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Permalink Reply by Nicole Ridgway on April 25, 2015 at 4:46am

Are you sure Richard? If you have time, take a look at this

I decided to make an offer of 19 GBP (27 EUR / 29 USD) shipment included. The seller counteroffered 19.99 + shipment, but I wrote I could only afford 19 GBP SHIPMENT INCLUDED. The seller accepted my offer, and when I asked where and when he got it signed, he answered: "I obtained at Lawrence Oliver awards on Sunday."
I google'd what was the LaWrence (which is spelled LaUrence - ok, everybody can make a spelling mistake) and found it held in London on Sunday, April 12th.
Though it's a theatre-related award, I felt confident with that and decided to buy.
Yesterday morning I paid for it, and yesterday afternoon the signature was sent.
Know what? This morning the autographs has been relisted on eBay.
Now.
What would YOU think about that?

01. LOW PRICE on offer. 19 GBP SHIPMENT INCLUDED is 56.81% discount on the object. MORE THAN THE HALF OF ITS ORIGINAL PRICE. And he accepted it quickly.

02. VERY LONG DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT. Remember my first post here? It came from the description of the auction.

03. SELLERS HAS LOTS AND LOTS OF SIGNATURES. And they're all in 6x4 white paper. Should I think you really wait for VIPs taking a 6x4 notepad with you? ALWAYS? No books, no cds, no bluray? ONLY WHITE PAPER?

04. SAME OBJECT RELISTED AFTER A DAY. Same object, same picture.

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Yesterday morning I received the signature. Well, it's on a 6x4 piece of paper, and as you will see in the pictures below, it's slightly different from the one I received. I did a quick scan of the paper (front&back) and cut it to reduce. Anyway you'll see a green background, I'm at work and I have no colors but green I'm also uploading the scans in my Google Drive, I'll link it here as soon as the upload ends.
What do you think about this?

http://goo.gl/qR6mFX

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Permalink Reply by Richard Booth on April 25, 2015 at 5:02am

It is not uncommon for collectors (and dealers), to try and get multiple signatures at events. They get others to obtain signatures also, so they can sell them. I would presume the seller did this and just relisted the original auction listing and didn't change the photo and sent you one of the other ones.

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Permalink Reply by Fran on April 25, 2015 at 8:09am

You should give it back. That autograph is not the one you bought and I think it could be done by anybody... Brian doesn't sign like that. For me. Fake.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick1977 on April 25, 2015 at 1:50pm

I don't think it is real. Give it back never saw Brian signing an open y at the end of May at least not like this.

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Permalink Reply by Peter C. on April 25, 2015 at 2:18pm

I think havent comment this one yet - not even on fb group. But the scan itself increases my suspicion - are you sure that your autograph is really written? I mean - it seems to me, that it´s printed copy of scanned original one. That black ink seems more like ink of inkprinter rather than permanent marker. Really strange one. 

The handwritting looks ok to me - it looks like his 2015 autographs, but the whole story about it is really doubtful. Fairly recently, there was A Night At The Opera signed by Roger and Brian for stunningly low price and it was absolutely beautiful genuine item - so, the price should not be always the warning factor.

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Permalink Reply by Micko on April 25, 2015 at 2:57pm

I think the autograph is okay IMO. It's a quick one but it feels right compared to my own bought through a reputable dealer a few years back.

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