Ringo Starr Signed Another Day In The Life

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on October 6, 2022 at 10:53am

I agree, but it doesn’t have to be pass or fail. A result of “Unable to render an opinion” is available for autographs that are somewhere in the middle.

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Permalink Reply by JK on October 6, 2022 at 10:59am

It looks like they told him "questionable authenticity" which might be sort of the same.

I don't usually rely on third party authenticators' opinions if I buy things, but if I did I'd want to see "authentic". :)

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on October 6, 2022 at 11:03am

It isn’t the same. When an item receives a result of Questionable Authenticity”, it’s stated on the letter that they’re of the opinion that the item isn’t authentic.

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Permalink Reply by slappy 8955 on October 6, 2022 at 11:00am

shouldn't they take the provenance of the item into account?

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Permalink Reply by JK on October 6, 2022 at 11:11am

In my opinion, no.

An autograph must stand on it's own.

As a practical matter, a signature in a known signed edition might be presumed to be real by collectors (barring known autopen issues), but once it is cut out of the book then it's on its own.