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Hi, as I have recently found that what I thought was an authentic U2 signed vinyl Is indeed fake I have been looking again for a real one. If you could shed some light on this item, as to whether its authentic or fake it would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou.

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This is another fake. All the autographs are way off from what they should look like. Sorry.

Now I'm almost certain that one is a UK Midlands forgery.  None of the signatures are even remotely close.

Just an FYI:  Any full-band U2 signed item that has a starting bid of $15 is probably not real.  You'll come across a lot of them on Ebay, because those are the midlands forgeries.  You'll see Van Halen, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, etc with similarly low starting bids.

Here are more bad examples - different seller name, same forger.

This one is from Ebay seller ianstanley123:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/U2-LP-Sleeve-SIGNED-/261189189414?pt=UK_Rec...

Another one from ebay seller lisacheng2010:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINYL-LP-RECORD-SLEEVE-SIGNED-BY-U2-/221205...

see if you can find one where the bottom loop tucks a little more under the "B" on "Bono"

30% of being authentic

keep looking and let me know how your search goes, you are going to be a pro before this is done :)

I've noticed that it seems to be increasingly difficult to find an authentic full band U2 signed item from any era for under $1000 these days, unless it's a particularly mediocre item.

It might be a better idea to try to target a Bono/Edge signed item.  They're decidedly the best signers of the band and the easiest to obtain.

Just for reference, here are some on Ebay that represent solid authentic examples in my opinion.  The prices are decidedly inflated to some extent on all of these, but you get the idea - getting the entire band isn't going to be cheap.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/U2-SIGNED-ZOOROPA-TOUR-BOOK-1993-/160995826...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/U2-Green-Day-FULLY-signed-New-Orleans-Saint...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/U2-WAR-VERY-RARE-FULLY-HAND-SIGNED-UK-CONCE...

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