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Permalink Reply by fab432 on November 27, 2018 at 12:50pm

I believe the majority of collectors on this site would not buy this signed guitar for any amount of money. The signatures are not what I would expect from this period and signed guitars are unbelievably rare with 1 maybe 2 genuine examples known to exist.

For the most part this guitar was unknown prior to your posting which in itself is not odd but definitely something to think about.  

With the time you have left I would try and get an opinion from as many people as possible. Send a picture of the signed guitar to Jason at Tracks and to Stephen Maycock at Bonhams. Both are excellent and will give you an honest opinion. If you do that and they give it the thumbs down then your decision to keep it or return it might be easier.  

Finally if you like the guitar you can keep it especially if you are not bothered by the fact most people may not believe the signatures are genuine. 

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 27, 2018 at 1:06pm

Is the ink the Harrison signed with the same as the other signatures? If so, this can not be real. You were told these were mid 1960's, no later. Each Beatle has/had various various signature appearances for various years. As has been noted in this thread, the other three appear time-period correct styles but the Harrison is off by 25-30 years or so.

So, if the ink is the same on all 4, and if the claim is they were signed at one time as that letter you posted suggests ("...Roberto held it as it was signed..."), then this guitar and the autographs it bears are self-eliminating. 

You were told a couple of stories from this seller/source, but none made any attempt to explain the most obvious - why are there decades between signature styles? 

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on November 27, 2018 at 1:20pm

he may have held the guitar while it was signed, but the Beatles were no where near it.

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Permalink Reply by D Fresh on November 27, 2018 at 1:23pm

That's funny!

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 27, 2018 at 1:41pm

+1

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Permalink Reply by Jim McFiver on November 28, 2018 at 1:20am

I'd urge you to process your refund immediately and be thankful that option exists, instead of wasting any further time and expense involved in the process of authentication.

You can hope upon hope, wish upon a star, clap your hands together 3 times, rub a magic lamp or use whatever other celestial chants imaginable - and the signatures will remain fakes.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 28, 2018 at 10:24am

+100

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 28, 2018 at 11:28am

Doug, if you posted Roger Eppersons response I missed it. 

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Permalink Reply by D Fresh on November 28, 2018 at 11:52am

Here is the third round of Beatles among others being offered up at liveauctioneers. Guess I will find a new collection hobby other than Beatles Autographs. I get the feeling that there are so many fakes out there that even if you stumble upon a real one, it will be assessed as fake because of the extent and scope of Beatles forgeries out there!

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/132058_beatles-vault-is-ope...

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Permalink Reply by Beatleworld on November 28, 2018 at 11:57am

There’s some right sh*t on there, that site should come with warnings !! If an item is authentic, that’s exactly what it is. Simple.

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Permalink Reply by D Fresh on November 28, 2018 at 12:00pm

So they say 100% authentic with COA's and bid with confidence!! That should be enough!

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Permalink Reply by D Fresh on November 28, 2018 at 12:09pm

So Eric is all the Beatles signed stuff in this auction fake in your opinion?

Personally I am done with all of it! Like I said even if you find a real Beatles autograph out there, there is no-one out there to dare verify it is real because of the extreme amount of Beatles fakes that are saturating this market! Think I will go buy some crypto currency!

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