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-Britt

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Permalink Reply by Paul on May 25, 2017 at 5:04pm

This is the challenge now post Cornell,to try and authenticate his sig, it does look odd. I've never heard of the tpa's, someone else may be able to fill you in on them.

Permalink Reply by MN Autograph Collector on May 25, 2017 at 5:17pm

Britt, I don't know anything about Chris Cornell's signature, but you may want to consider joining Real Autograph Collectors Club (RACC) if you're on Facebook and posting this there. There have been numerous posts on there with his signature since his passing and there are definitely a lot of collectors on that page very familiar with his signature. I would think you'd get good feedback if you posted it there.

Permalink Reply by Paul on May 25, 2017 at 5:20pm

Racc blow chunks!! Theres no Cornell collectors on here go to racc.

Permalink Reply by MN Autograph Collector on May 25, 2017 at 5:28pm

Interesting response. I never implied there weren't Cornell collectors on here. It never hurts, though, to have multiple resources, and I've definitely seen more Cornell posts on RACC than here (both before and after his death).

To each their own, though, I guess.

Permalink Reply by Paul on May 25, 2017 at 5:30pm

Only because there dealers.

Permalink Reply by MN Autograph Collector on May 25, 2017 at 5:36pm

All 5,000+ RACC members are autograph dealers? Sure. And, of course, there are no dealers on AML.

Permalink Reply by MN Autograph Collector on May 25, 2017 at 5:59pm

Britt, the only TPA (third party authenticator) I've ever used is Steve Zarelli, and he only does space and aviation autographs, my main area of collecting. I trust him because I know when I send an item to him, he'll be the one examining it and backing it up, and he knows this area tremendously well.

It would be better if others chime in on the larger TPAs. I've seen enough errors over the years by them that I don't particularly trust their accuracy. They tend to use a pool of reviewers, and you don't know who, in particular, reviewed your item. As someone who doesn't use them, it wouldn't be fair for me to comment beyond that.

Permalink Reply by Mr. Steffman on May 29, 2017 at 12:00pm

The actual percentage of members who are sellers on RACC is less than 1% and that percentage is getting lower as there's 5,000+ fans and non-selling graphers and collectors on there as well, and it's growing.

Cornell was one of the best all-time signers, and he would regularly sign every single item you put in front of him, so RACC members have obtained thousands of signatures from him over the years. He loved dealers and fans alike.

* Attached are some Cornell signature samples for reference that 1 RACC member obtained on 1 single day. *

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