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Permalink Reply by Rich on April 6, 2017 at 2:19pm

I would stick to assuming it's fake. Prince was essentially a non-signer for the quarter century leading up to his death. Also, even without a large image, I'm immediately seeing two signatures that look like they were signed by the same person.

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Permalink Reply by James on April 7, 2017 at 1:08am

It's definitely fake, in my opinion.

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Permalink Reply by J.Seah on April 7, 2017 at 6:08am

Nice framing. Bad autographs.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Thompson on April 7, 2017 at 10:46am

The seller states that it comes with COA from Forensic Autograph Authentication, but I have never heard of them, so am assuming that is also fake?

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Thompson on April 7, 2017 at 10:54am

https://www.pricefalls.com/search?store_id=1779

This is the site that sells autographed stuff. Might give everyone a better view of the items and give feedback on authenticity.

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Permalink Reply by Rich on April 7, 2017 at 11:04am

It immediately looks like one of those forgery outfits who tries to use colorful pens and fancy frames as a smoke and mirrors tactic. I don't even need to click one some of these to tell they're fake.

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Permalink Reply by Rich on April 7, 2017 at 11:12am

These U2 forgeries are terrible and all over the place. Maybe Zion Graphic Collectibles should stick to using just one bad drunk forger.

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Permalink Reply by James on April 8, 2017 at 12:56am

I don't know if anyone remembers, but just a couple of weeks after Prince died, someone put on ebay a Prince signed "Purple Rain" album that was signed, as Prince did so often "Love God - Prince". It was signed in ballpoint pen. It was beautiful, and it was 100% authentic. The guy who was selling it was the man who personally obtained it from Prince. He said he used to manage a small recording studio I believe in the Seattle area. Somehow after Prince performed in Seattle, for some reason I can't remember, this lucky guy, who said he was no one special, was able to get Prince to hang out in his small recording studio for a couple of hours. And that's when he was able to get Prince to sign the album.

Now think about it. Even though Prince was a bit more willing signer then, he still was not one to sign a lot. So how many authentic signed Purple Rain album exist? That has to be an extremely rare thing to own. Well the guy made the mistake of putting in an open auction on eBay and let the bidders decide the price. But given all the confusion shortly after Prince's death as to what was real and what was not, the album sold for a fraction of what I would guess it's worth now. Anyway, it sold for only about $2200. Given the fact that signed photos have been selling in the $5000 range and even higher, what do you think a real full-signature Prince signed Purple Rain with the "Love God" inscription could bring? I certainly don't think $10,000 is out of the question. Unless he really needed the money, the guy made a huge mistake selling it in that manner.

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