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Metallica

What do you guys think?

Real deal? Or gifted forger?

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Permalink Reply by A.B. on July 28, 2012 at 11:51am

thanks for your input, mike

it costs about $100

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Permalink Reply by A.B. on July 28, 2012 at 12:01pm

yes, it's a page from a magazine

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 29, 2012 at 6:12pm

I just took a look at our May 2009 Metallica study by Steve Grad and I wouldn't want to buy either of these without the input of someone respected who really knows Metallica.

Am I the only one who thinks the Ride the Lightning autographs were all signed by the same person? You actually think that album has a chance, Mike?

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Permalink Reply by Bjarne Soderholm on July 29, 2012 at 6:26pm

If I got Mike Aring right, he was the person who got the album signed and now have it for sale.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 29, 2012 at 6:53pm

I'll upload some exemplars and you can let me know what you think.

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Permalink Reply by Bjarne Soderholm on July 29, 2012 at 6:57pm

I will. Thank you Steve.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 29, 2012 at 7:50pm

You opened the reply with "i think this could be good." I thought you meant the Ride the Lightning. I didn't realize you said you got it in person. But it still looks signed in the same hand and not genuine to me...sorry.

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Permalink Reply by Trapper9990 on July 29, 2012 at 8:29pm

He may not have known what was going on with your album mike, but telling steve to just basically stay out of things and run the site, is a statement id be very careful about making and pretty smug, even if he was questioning you. All youd had to have done is reiterate the point that you got it IP, and i think everyone would have trusted you on that. Its pretty obvious we all enjoy this site and like posting on it, and regardless of anything Steve does a hell of a job on here. And if he wants to comment on an item that you got IP, who cares, he has earned that right, as this is his site. You know youd comment on his albums if you thought something wasnt right regardless of his story. This board isnt known for its members being opinion shy.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 29, 2012 at 8:37pm

Mike,

I don't claim to be an expert and I make that clear a lot. But even enthusiasts are entitled to our opinions, aren't we? That's how we learn.

Mike, whether they're signed in the same hand or not, they look quite different than the ones Grad used from the 2000s in the article. Probably 10,000 or more copies of that issue are out there and we didn't get one person disagreeing with any of the autographs.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 29, 2012 at 7:02pm

Here are three scans from our Metallica feature by Steve Grad. Grad got the guitar signed at 2008 Meet and Greet. I'm not sure the circumstances of the second set, which are on a poster, but they're inscribed to Steve and dated 2008 as well: