Custom Cards - What are your thoughts on creating something "new" out of vintage autographs? Enhancement or Destruction?

My heart skipped a beat momentarily when I spotted this while scrolling through a current online auction.  I had never seen a signed image of actor Oliver Reed in character from 1961's THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF.  Looking twice, I realized I still haven't seen one. 

It's another new custom card creation.  I still don't quite know how I feel about these.

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That cert doesn’t even come up as MLK Jr. in the PSA Database 

Very interesting. I never actually looked up the certification. Maybe the whole thing is fake and they copied the signature from the book but didn’t actually buy the signed book to cut the page out and add photo onto it.

This in my opinion would oddly be better in a way…an outright forgery instead of an authentic autograph being cut up and altered. 

Definitely an altered slab with a print inside 

Thanks. I wish I knew how to post images to show as images from links. 

I once had a photo of the actual signed book from which this signature originated. Unfortunately I no longer have it but it was proof that this is an altered item and MLK Jr. never signed this image, but rather a blank page that was later removed from book and put through a computer printer to add this image on top of the authentic signed page. The book as I recall sold for like $6000-$7000 several years ago, and this altered piece now slabbed by PSA is $25,000 Buy It Now or Best Offer. Sad. 

Yes, the PSA label isn’t right

When I was in sports memorabilia, this was all the rage. Take a Ruth/Gehrig/Cobb etc. cut, essentially mat it or cut the image so the signature fit into a desirable image then get PSA or Beckett to slab it.

Honestly, I’m not against it. PSA and BAS are slabbing the authenticity of the signature not the medium. Some are done exceptionally well. In most cases, PSA will slab it as “cut”. They are not slabbed as “signed photograph”. 

If a signed photo was $6,000 and a cut paired with a desirable image could be had slabbed for $2500 sign me up for the $2500. Just my personal opinion.

Don't like them, they are often done in poor taste and pricey in my opinion for what they are. I've even seen a part of some others persons signature make its way into a cut which is strange. The front design of this one isn't too bad.

I'm sure some exist that look awesome but I have yet to come across one while browsing.

"Pricey" is right, oftentimes.   I guess that's the reason for doing it in most cases. 

Do they sell or are popular? I only have knowledge on signed cards I look for and I sometimes stumble upon the custom ones. Maybe it varies, as I've seen some sit for awhile and not sell.

Apparently they are popular amongst some collectors.

I guess I'm especially surprised to see some American history/Presidential collectors going for these.  The later eras of life that these signatures were obtained do not match the depiction of the youthful images of subjects in the cards' art design.  Any signing context for them is lost as well.  Nothing could seem more ahistorical to me.

You’ve probably found the most grotesque example of custom cards out there with the Carter and Bush. There’s literally one or two eBay sellers doing them this way. Most are selling like the Cranston example which I find quite acceptable personally. 

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