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Chris Morales shows up on a lot of lists saying that anything authenticated by him is not worth the paper it is printed on. If this is so why is he still allowed to? Why have the authorities not put him out of business, and the people that use his COA's. There seems to be no rules or regulations governing this. What can be done about this, if anything. Why hasn't the business cleaned itself up after the Bullpen sting? No one was charged? No one spent time in jail? These people continue to do business as usual? Are these people not committing a federal offense? Is this not fraud?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 2, 2012 at 2:53pm

DB,

Tina is looking for Tim Lincecum.

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Permalink Reply by DB on April 2, 2012 at 3:02pm

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Tim-Lincecum-Autographed-Baseball-Details... with a mounted memories cert and we know those are better than most but they carry a high price tag. I didn't see the Lincecum in her post earlier... but it's always good to have an authentic one if one is going to role the dice.

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Permalink Reply by roger epperson on April 2, 2012 at 4:00pm

bless you Steve

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Permalink Reply by Barry S on April 3, 2012 at 4:05pm

Ron I looked at Antiquities for my own curiosity. They have 24 Beatles items. Around 15 items signed by all four. Mostly albums, a drum head, and a cymbal. I had to call to see if he had all he showed. He said he also had eight more unframed signed by all four. A rare signed program he had never seen before. He's running a sale, I can take 20% off. I'm worried that they like the authenticator you are using. They like Morales???? Ron I've been there. You want that beautiful piece to be real. Buddy you got to do what ever you can to get your money back. You cannot sit and look at that the rest of your life if there is a doubt. This whole thing stinks to me.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on April 3, 2012 at 4:20pm

I agree with Barry. I've been ranting against Chris Morales for years, and from a common sense point of view, just get your money back.

Think about the numbers that Barry just documented; Approximately 15 signed items by all four Beatles!!! That number doesn't include the dozens they have probably already sold over the years.

Impulse buyers are first impressed by the name of a store called Antiquities, and then they are impressed that it was supposedly examined by a forensic person named Chris Morales.

Geez, are the Beatles still signing items!!!! Where is this endless supply of Beatles signed items coming from!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 3, 2012 at 5:55pm

They called the Colonel?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 3, 2012 at 6:11pm

Chris,

What they're most impressed with is that Antiquities is in Caesar's Palace.

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Permalink Reply by Barry S on April 3, 2012 at 6:20pm

Yes you have Christopher. You are right, and the fact that it is in Vegas, and at Caesars Palace. Like when I was there, it was fabulous. How could they sell forgeries? I was just now going through their inventory. They have signed items by Prince, Beatles with Lennon, Zeppelin with Bonham, Skynyrd with Ronnie, Floyd with all, Ozzy with Randy, Nirvana with Cobain, Metallica with Burton, GNR with all original, Doors with Morrison, etc. They have all the hard to find pieces!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 3, 2012 at 6:25pm

Don't forget the Chuck Berry "Roll Over Beethoven" 45 signed by Chuck and the big man himself.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 3, 2012 at 5:54pm

I went to that the Beatles pages at Antiquities Caesar's Palace:

http://www.antiquitieslv.com/servlet/the-ALL/keyword/beatles/search...

There are 8 signed Beatles albums plus Ron's.

There are two Beatles-signed Magical Mystery Tours and one Let it Be. According to our Beatles Census, there are no known band signed examples of either title.

The only easy to find album is the Please Please Me. They can often be found for $25,000-$35,000. A number of the titles they have could easily bring over $100,000.

And a band-signed drumhead and cymbal?

Nothing was over $16,995 and most less. Why would they leave a $500,000+ on the table?

Everything on the site is so small you can barely see the autographs.

Why don't they want people to see their autographs well on their website?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 3, 2012 at 11:32pm

Here's a "Please Please Me" someone has found that I think is likely genuine. It's signed on the back, like most Beatles albums were, and the signatures are in line with the way the Beatles were signing when they were promoting that album. That's how carefully Beatles experts have studied their autographs.

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/signed-beatles-album