I bought some (I assume) forgeries from Bryan Slaven 10 years ago is there anything I can do about it?

Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by ivan goldstein on January 10, 2012 at 8:51pm

At the time he had great feedback on ebay and I couldn't find any negatives online so I bought two albums.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 10, 2012 at 9:05pm

I hate to say it but the odds of them being good are very low, Ivan. Upload them here please and let's get feedback. I'm moving your discussion to Music Autographs, but the link will stay the same. That just matters if you look for it in the forum...it won't be in Town Square anymore.

Slaven lives in Hilton Head, SC now, BTW.

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Permalink Reply by ivan goldstein on January 11, 2012 at 7:12am

Why isn't he in jail yet?

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Permalink Reply by roger epperson on January 11, 2012 at 7:23am

The Feds move at their own speed and autograph forgeries isn't as high on their priority list like national security is. All in good time though.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on January 11, 2012 at 10:03am

Ditto, Roger.

"All in good time."

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 11, 2012 at 4:44pm

Slaven and www.autographcentral.net is a major-league forgery supplier. He was a big supplier to Jerry Gladstone's American Royal Arts (now of The Pop Culture Vault (www.popculturevault.com), in Key West, Delray Beach, Sarasota and Boca Raton, Florida. Not just supplying forged autographed memorabilia, but also fake supposed stage-played guitars and the like.

He's also a major supplier of Rock Star Gallery (www.rockstargallery.net) in Scottsdale, Arizona. And someone Mike Frost of PAAS spoke very highly of.

These are just the associates we know of. But I'm sure most of the major forgery sellers deal with Slaven.

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Permalink Reply by ivan goldstein on January 11, 2012 at 9:08pm

I am considering selling the albums AS FORGERIES on ebay for someone who wants something that looks good in their bar but doesn't want to worry about them because they bought them cheap. It seems like the best way to turn them into something productive.