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Def Leppard Opinion

What do you guys think of this one? This seller has some pretty cool items that look good to me, here's one I've been eyeing:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Def-Leppard-Framed-and-Autographed-Poster-2...

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on January 24, 2013 at 11:31pm

Personally I don't like it. At least 2 of the signatures look slightly off to me and a little too neatly drawn. I'd pass if it was up to me.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Ryan on January 24, 2013 at 11:36pm

I cant comment about the Leppard as i dont know them all that well, but the autographed guitar from all the country guys looks off to me. They are better than the average forgery in some cases, but the signatures still all look slightly off like Dan said.

Its always pretty funny when i see someone trying to promote an item like crazy with all kinds of backstage passes/working passes etc. Dont get me wrong sometimes they can add to an item, but typically they are used to try and pass forgeries and give confidence. But you can go to ebay or another site and buy these types of used passes for basically any past concert you want dirt cheap. Either that, or make your own. Its just so easy to do nowadays.

The framing is also suspicious to me. All of the lithos etc are all framed and put together by the same person, and in this case im guessing it was a company. More than likely the company he bought them all from already preframed. Yet no mention of purchase from another company is stated. And its possible that the reason for that is b/c they actually got the items as they stated. But in this case, the alarm bells are going off and telling me that these items were all purchased from the same source and that they arent mentioning them on purpose. But i could most certainly be wrong. But the country guitar doesnt look authentic to me irregardless.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on January 24, 2013 at 11:47pm

Totally agree with you Carl. I am amazed how many people on eBay suddenly have a new account and have back stage passes etc or are selling their Grandfather's collection built up over 40 years.

I always get suspicious when I see a music group or film or TV cast sign a picture or poster in the same pen and so neatly. I realise sometime items get signed in the same pen but they tend to be more rushed than neat.

The forgers are definitely getting better but most still make the same basic mistakes.