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Moisture damage from an event as Eric suggests or just storage in an unsuitable environment,

You could possibly get it restored but it's hugely expensive.

I like it too. There are some excellent examples of the "imi" and the "He" etc at the site linked below:

Groovy Script

That certainly is an amazingly detailed study Eric. I have seen it before but it was nice too be reminded of it.

Do you, or does anyone else, know of a study of common Hendrix forgeries or, better still, of forgeries of all Jimi Hendrix Experience band members?

I'm wondering whether there are any well-known JHE forgery styles as there are with the Beatles (Jo Long, SoCal etc.) and how good they are..

I believe that SoCal is the most common forgery style. Here’s one example:

Here’s another forgery style that turns up from time to time. This particular example was authenticated by JSA.

Oh, I dont like those

"This particular example was authenticated by JSA."

Wow.

Thanks Ballroom.

It's hard to look at autographs objectively when you know already that they are fakes. The second one you posted seems an obvious fake but the SoCal is a lot better. I can see a lot wrong with it now but if I hadn't known it was fake I don't know if I would have seen all those things.

The reason I asked about the forgeries is that I have a full-set JHE with no provenance that I think is real but seems almost too good to be true, especially as it cost only £1,000 before premiums. It is very nicely set out on a blank page, possibly from an autograph book. I did buy it around 25 years ago so maybe £1,000 wasn't so cheap back then.

Once I pluck up courage, I'll post it. If it is fake someone was very skilled in producing it.

yes but 25 years ago £1,000 was not cheap, remember that. which uk auction house did you get it from?

Vennett-Smith in Nottingham. I bought a couple of dud Beatles sets there (for a total of around £3,000) at around the same time so that doesn't exactly inspire confidence. Having said that, I think they generally sold genuine items and better known London auction houses were also being fed dud Beatles material at the time.   

TBH I havent heard of this auction house but £1,000 from a provincial auction house 25 years ago certainly wasnt cheap so be hopeful

They closed years ago but had been going a long while. The Beatles items really were far too cheap even then (fully signed photograph £1,00o and fully signed LP £1,800 before premiums) but of course those were the days of faxing in bid forms and looking at old Miller's Guides for previously realised prices - that were themselves years old. 

That’s a bad sign for sure. That said, 1,000 GBP does seem like a realistic price for the JHE set at that time. That’s about what Jim Morrison check endorsements were selling for at auction back then.

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