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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 27, 2011 at 3:10pm

Can you post larger, clearer images please, except for Ringo? Thanks

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Permalink Reply by S. Maxwell on September 27, 2011 at 3:14pm

My guess is that the Beatles experts here are going to slam this hard.

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Permalink Reply by R Jacob on September 27, 2011 at 3:23pm

McCartney & Harrison better photos.

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• Beatles Sgt Pepper #4.JPG, 28 KB
• Beatles Sgt Pepper #5.JPG, 41 KB

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 27, 2011 at 3:59pm

Genuine Sgt. Pepper's albums can easily bring $100,000 or more.

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Permalink Reply by Bjarne Soderholm on September 27, 2011 at 4:16pm

When I met Ringo 1992, he had stopped signing his last name. So I think that says it all.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on September 27, 2011 at 5:04pm

If these are indeed forgeries, they are better than most.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on September 27, 2011 at 8:45pm

Compare the Ringo signature to the one on this drumhead sold through Cooper Owen Auctions. There is quite a difference between the two, especially in the "R" in "Ringo" and the "a".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by mark peterson on September 28, 2011 at 1:36am

The Sgt. Pepper lp does not look right to me.

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Permalink Reply by roger epperson on September 28, 2011 at 6:48am

Actually not a bad attempt but not authentic.  Nice how they mixed the pens up and went for a WFIL type Lennon signature. 

When you check into the roach motel over there you tend to turn into your peers.  Pulling up quotes from years and years ago and trying to put them like I said it this week is so typical of that style.  Autographs are like the stock market, only those at the roach motel would quote something Blumeberg said 15 years ago about a certian stock.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 28, 2011 at 2:32pm

Black Flag Roach Hotel—Roaches check in but they don't check out. 

Too funny...do they still make those?

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on September 28, 2011 at 5:35pm

In my opinion, the Ringo signature is pretty bad. It isn't even close.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 28, 2011 at 2:04pm

@R Jacob,

Looks like the news isn't good about your album...but not surprising, unfortunately. Most charity auctions offering valuable autographs innocently align themselves with companies that sell forgeries. It's a huge business. Two of the biggest suppliers of forgeries to charities are Gallery of Dreams in Southern California and Autograph Store in New York (Anthony Nurse), but lots of smaller sleazoids do it, too.

Two large, reputable suppliers of genuine autographs to charities are Steiner Sports and Autograph Pros (Conn), but I'm sure other here can add to the list. Upper Deck, Tri-Star and other reputable licensed signings companies probably have charity divisions.

What auction did you buy it in? What did you pay for it? Who authenticated it?

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