Authenticity is Everything
Jeff Buckley Epperson/ Beckett
Had this one checked out by Roger Epperson who said it looks fine . Then it failed a Beckett quick opinion …I’ve previously had one failed by Beckett’s full inspection that Roger has guaranteed is genuine along with many other reliable people .
my question is has anyone else had bad experiences with Buckley and Beckett ?
Obviously I value Roger’s experience and opinion in music over there’s .
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Permalink Reply by clarke nuttall on
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on this one .
well yes , it was a quick opinion .
Roger has offered to do a full cert on this one but I’ve been skeptical due to sending overseas .
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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on
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He offered a full cert without seeing it in person first?
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Reading back through the correspondence he said he can’t due to me being in the UK and he doesn’t deal overseas . But from what I gathered he was willing to providing it was hand signed .
Im considering sending them to a friend and then having them send it to him .always gives me an uneasy feeling when a company denies it on full inspection .
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That being said there were two authentications there that day and one wanted to pass it and the other (Grad) rejected it .
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Best to self educate and do the work yourself. No one will care about your graphs more than you.
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Permalink Reply by Mikex on
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Beckett's quick opinion. I bet they get it wrong 50% of the time, therefore, you may as well flip a coin.
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Permalink Reply by eddy on
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Agree with all of the above about quick opinions. Still, for many buyers there is a certain kind of "legitimacy" that a piece suddenly has if it passes even a quick opinion.
A time or two I have sold something after recommending a potential buyer submit it for a quick opinion and it came back favorable.
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I think it’s more piece of mind .
I never base the authenticity completely on the quick opinion but use it as a basis of whether to buy an item .
then I’d take up the full certification option .
With Beckett they’ve denied that many of my items that have since been passed.
It’s a funny old game .
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...I never base the authenticity completely on the quick opinion but use it as a basis of whether to buy an item ....
Well...if you are buying from Quick Opinions you are doing yourself a disservice IMO. They are often rendered in seconds.
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Permalink Reply by J.Seah on
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Generally Beckett will not pass your autographs with their quick opinion especially if it is a rare and high value items. That is my opinion.
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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on
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According to my experience you are on target J.Seah. A poor business practice though. When I request a quick opinion I am trying to decide if it's worth the big dollars to send it in. Seems they lose a lot of potential business that way. I guess they are making all the money they want and don't need the extra dollars.
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Etienne, no, we can't but I seriously doubt it. Quick Opinions are rendered at a glance - I don't think any more than 30 seconds or so it spent. To speak again to your other post our members opinions are often based on much more than that, often with a specialization in the area in question - Ballroom & Fab for Beatles/Morrison, Eva and Pauline with Marilyn, me with Gleason/Bowie etc. so there is a difference.
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