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eBay Case for Fake Autograph Decided in Seller's Favor

I purchased an autograph on eBay for several hundred dollars. Upon receiving it, I was immediately suspicious and requested to return to it. The seller refused and escalated the case to eBay. I paid for the PSA/DNA quick opinion which came back not likely genuine. I did not want to waste the money for the full authentication when the autograph is very obviously not real. I sent eBay the quick opinion screenshot. I got an email today that the case was decided in the seller's favor. I am a little surprised by this. As a former eBay seller, I know that eBay generally decides in the buyer's favor. There are a lot of idiot eBay buyers, but I believe that I have an actual good reason for a return. I am going to send it in the PSA/DNA for a full authentication, which I am confident will come back not genuine. Is there any way to re-open an eBay case at that time? Otherwise, I suppose I can dispute it with my credit card company which I used to fund the Paypal transactions.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Ortiz on June 4, 2015 at 5:53pm

I am sure the playground gets less dangerous the more you play on it. I learn more every day.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on June 4, 2015 at 5:54pm

Absolutely, Jason.

Once you really know autographs, you will discover that the majority of forgeries are obvious and laughable.

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Permalink Reply by James on June 5, 2015 at 1:33am

One thing I noticed right from the start is that the handwriting, to me, clearly has an European flavor to it. I've had several European friends and acquaintances, and studied twice in Europe; so I've seen plenty of writing examples from our friends across the way to spot some clear similarities. And since I'm pretty sure Judy Garland was American, I'm very confident she didn't sign this. I hope you get your money back from this crook!

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Permalink Reply by a pug called eva on October 9, 2015 at 9:26pm

I must confess that I have never heard of European handwriting differing from American per se. Can you elaborate James - or anyone else for that matter? If there are differences between the handwriting of nationalities and races that would make an interesting thread on its own - though I realise there may be dangerous undertones. I do know that there can be differences in taste (e.g. Americans tend to like vintage posters to look perfect whereas Europeans tend to like to see the effects of time) but I thought handwriting was not open to such generalisations.