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George Harrison real or fake???

A while back I decided to give Mike Frost from P.A.A.S. a chance to authenticate a few of my Beatles autographs. He was significantly cheaper than many of the other authenticators and I had seen his EBay auction a number of times. I decided to send him this mid 70's Harrison autograph which, in my opinion, is pretty cut and dry a genuine autograph. To my disbelief he responded saying that autograph was in fact NOT authentic! Along with this signature I sent him others as well which he deemed as not genuine. I felt terrible knowing that these were real and I was just taken for my money to the tune of $400.00+ dollars. After I received the signatures I did the only thing one could do. I mailed them off to Frank Caiazzo for a true authentication. As expected, the autograph was indeed authentic. I felt a little more vindication when I found out that his authentication services were puled from EBay. BUT! I just ran across another one of his ebay auctions trying to lure unknowing patrons to use his services for Beatles autographs! I was as you can imagine quite peeved. In my opinion, I would stay as far away from a Mike Frost PAAS Beatles authentication as possible. It is my belief that he has no clue what is real and what is not and I would advise to save your money and go with someone more reputable in this business. Take a look at the example for yourself and you be the judge!!!

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Permalink Reply by Xperttexpert on November 15, 2012 at 2:22pm

nice find anthony, late 70's for sure.

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Bautista on November 15, 2012 at 2:29pm

I believe that is Eric Idle with him ( who he was also good friends with ) . He was a regular voice in a few Disney movies.

I read also he took Dhani there a few times . The more I read the more I find info on George and his connection with Disney.

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Permalink Reply by Xperttexpert on November 15, 2012 at 2:32pm

your right again, that is eric idle to the right of george.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 15, 2012 at 2:38pm

Eric Idle's hair, the peasant skirt, the white shirt the man on the right is wearing. This pic looks about 1976-80.

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Bautista on November 15, 2012 at 2:43pm

It would be amazing if this was the day he signed that item . But the world will never know .

I guess this is the part why I collect autographs. The History that comes behind the item .

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Permalink Reply by Xperttexpert on November 15, 2012 at 3:01pm

the more i look at that photo of george, he looks like he did in the cameo part he played in the movie "all you need is cash" which was the monty python spoof of the beatles, rutels, which i think was releases in early 78.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 15, 2012 at 2:43pm

Eric Idle had long, real hair in "The Life of Bryan, which came out in 1979. So probably '77-'79.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Frost on November 15, 2012 at 3:22pm

Thanks,, I have not heard back from him today but I will tell him. Do you know anything more about this photo or who else is in this photo? I really do not know much about this, I myself have never been to Disneyland.

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Bautista on November 15, 2012 at 3:30pm

Eric Idle , George Harrison and some fans .

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Permalink Reply by Chad B on December 20, 2012 at 12:23pm

I just finished reading through this long mess. It seems like Mike Frost gave the signature in question a valid study and made an informed conclusion. There is no way to know with 100% certainty who is correct here. I don't think Mike should offer a refund on this one.

Xperttexpert, you said Frank charges $50 to look at a scan and then charges if you mail it for in-person inspection. How much is inspection of an item like the Harrison that started this conversation?

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Permalink Reply by Chad B on December 20, 2012 at 7:30pm

Thanks for the reply.

Does Frank do appraisals for individuals or do you have to have a special relationship of some kind with him? Does he give a break if you send him multiples?