Beatles autographs by Beatles secretary??

I have attached a picture of some autographs that I had on ebay - but the auction was removed/stopped after 24 hours. Although the cause of the cessation stated 'copyright violation' i think it was because I stated clearly in the auction that the autographs might well have been made by the Beatles secretary (I saw info about this on Google). Thus, they may have been construed as being 'fake' autographs. What do people here think - the autographs look real but are they most likely by the Beatles secretary as I had suggested? Incidentally, I acquired this item from an auction house along with other early fan club memorabilia. I believe the original owner had sent the card to the fan club to be signed.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 23, 2016 at 5:44am

I don't think mentioning "secretarial" would get an auction pulled. At least, I have listed early secretarial Gleasons, clearly described as such, w/o problem. I do not sell preprints or copies etc, but some things like the known 1950's Gleason secretarials, or your item, have a certain collect-ability to some.

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Permalink Reply by Simon G. Powell on November 23, 2016 at 9:12am

Auctions can get pulled when someone reports them (even if there is ultimately nothing wrong). I will eventually try to seek prior approval from eBay if I can.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 23, 2016 at 9:25am

It's not a secretarial I recognize and it's signed on the photos in a couple cases. I'd say they're probably non-malicious forgeries. Autographs that a fan tried to copy.

I think it would be better not to list them on eBay at all, so it doesn't harm your eBay account.

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Permalink Reply by Simon G. Powell on November 23, 2016 at 9:27am

well, when I asked the auction house, they told me that the original owner had sent the card to the fan club to be signed...

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 23, 2016 at 9:34am

I must agree. That's a big difference there, the "non-malicious forgery". I was speaking to "accepted" and known secretarials, in a very few cases only.