Genuine AFTAL COA ?

Hi,I'm new to this game.I very nearly bought a Frank Sinatra autograph this morning but decided to get an opinion of a well known uacc,AFTAL member who told me that the seller ukcoldwinter or Lincolnshire autographs had been removed as a AFTAL member. I contacted ukcoldwinter to ask him if he supplied a CAO,he replied yes it's a AFTAL online CAO. I replied' but you're not listed on there website. He replied 'I know but I used to be and the autos I sell are when I was with them! I replied' you can't just go on forever misleading the public that you're still a member when you're not. He replied ' I dont claim to be a member !!
So am I correct in saying that this guy has sold 990 autographs in the last year to people who believe they have great provenance from an honest ebayer with nearly 100 percent feedback and yet they've been conned or am I missing something ?

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on March 2, 2015 at 12:17pm

My first question would be why was he removed, was it through selling fakes or something else or trivial? Either way he is misleading and potentially defrauding buyers by issuing a COA claiming to be an AFTAL member if he isn't.

Perhaps post the signature here and people can tell you if it's real or not