Store: Rare-T, and Authenticator: Premiere Collectors (Eric Freidman) - Heath Ledger autograph?

Hi everyone,

New to the site and have been getting a crash course in autograph authenticity from all of the great topics here. Does anyone know anything about the Canadian memorabilia store Rare-T? Their website is below:

https://rare-t.com/

They tell me that the authenticating body they use is Premiere Collectors. According to their website, the CEO is Eric Freidman.

http://www.premierecollectors.com/

Here's an example of one of the pieces of merchandise - a Joker picture autographed by Heath Ledger. Considering this thread: https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/heath-ledger-joker-..., I thought I would ask. Any insight would be helpful. Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Adam Halloran on April 28, 2019 at 5:09pm

Those are the "decorative" items Steve. 

Permalink Reply by RARE-T on April 30, 2019 at 1:58pm

Thanks again Steve.

Indeed - Given that he passed only a few months after filming ended, and before the movie's release, we were lucky to have managed to acquire these 4 in our 11 years of operation.

RARE-T

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 30, 2019 at 2:40pm

If you only have had 4 Batman Ledger items in 11 years why/how could each one offered "...slightly vary from pictures shown..."?

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on April 30, 2019 at 3:52pm

RARE-T, this should be easy to answer or at least explain, no?

Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 28, 2019 at 6:38pm

Here's something you don't see every day. RARE-T has a cast-signed Blues Brothers movie poster, including John Belushi, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Carrie Fisher & John Candy + 9 of the living.

Yours may look different though: "As every piece is unique and individually Hand-Signed, it may slightly vary from pictures shown." The Heath Ledger Batman pieces say that, too.

Belushi-signed items are RARE, especially Blues Bros pieces. The last signed photo I saw brought $3,000-$4,000 at auction. How can you sell your 4 pieces from $498-$1,783, RARE-T?

And how do you find them again and again when it's rare that 2-3 Blues Bros signed photos a year come on the market. Probably less. And I've never seen a Blues Bros poster signed by Belushi.

Permalink Reply by Rich on April 28, 2019 at 11:18pm

Love the Belushi light blue paint pen. Someone really put on their thinking cap here.

Permalink Reply by RARE-T on April 30, 2019 at 2:29pm

Those were indeed great pieces.

Prices are always based on a multitude of factors - The first being market comparables. However, the price asked and the price sold are 2 very different things. 

In our beginnings, many items were strategically selected as 'lost leaders' - Sold at a loss and used as a promotional tool to spread our brand. And some, as all businesses have been forced to do at some point with sleeping pieces - No matter how great, sadly had to be severely discounted to allow reinvesting elsewhere.

RARE-T

Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 28, 2019 at 7:24pm

RARE-T,

I have never seen a Godfather photo signed by Marlon Brando, but one or two are rumored to exist. You have:

  1. A photo you claim was signed by Brando.
  2. A photo you claim was signed by Brando and Al Pacino.
  3. A photo you claim was signed by Brando, Pacino, and 
    Francis Ford Coppola.
  4. And a cast-signed Godfather poster purportedly signed by Brando, Pacino, Coppola, James Caan, and Robert Duvall. No Brando signed Godfather posters are known to exist.

And you say every piece is unique and hand-signed, so others may differ than the one shown.

Here are the poster and the Brando, Pacino, Coppola SP:

Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 28, 2019 at 7:53pm

These are examples from your inventory that are among the most astoundingly unbelievable to me. I've never seen or known similar items to exist in most cases—yet they're apparently available in quantity from RARE-T.

Regarding authenticity, I looked at about half of the autographed entertainment memorabilia on RARE-T's website and a number of the sports pieces.

I didn't see ONE piece that I thought had a chance of being genuine. Now granted, I'm wrong sometimes, but I'm 100% sure that I'm not wrong in RARE-T's case.

And you sell most of your signed entertainment memorabilia framed up nicely for a fraction of what genuine examples would be worth. Even your more common pieces.

If you thought your signed memorabilia was genuine, why would you sell it for far less than you could sell it to even other dealers for?

You joined Autograph Live Friday to respond to authenticity concerns, so I hope you'll respond to mine.

Permalink Reply by RARE-T on April 30, 2019 at 3:23pm

Certainly Steve.

As was previously stated, we are dealers and not authenticators - Therefore our knowledge of these pieces is founded on the legitimacy and specificts provided by the authenticators/Industry experts within the Certificates/Letters of Authenticity provided by said experts, and given that we only acquire goods having been authenticated by the most reputable firms (CGC, Tristar, JSA, OA, Upper Deck, PCA, Beckett, PSA/DNA...) We must differ to their expertise.

As for conflicting opinions, sadly this is an unpleasant and well documented occurrence in the memorabilia industry - At every level as can readily be found online;

For this reason, since 2008 all our sales have included a lifetime Guaranty of Authenticity - Should a customer not be satisfied by our service and/or product, a return authorization is immediately provided.

As for availability, please note that we are currently in the process of revamping our online platform, therefore on-hand quantities have not yet been fully integrated = Many soldout items are misleadingly showcased as being available and/or in unlimited supply...

We sincerely regret the inconvenience and rest assured that this will be addressed promptly.

RARE-T

Permalink Reply by TQ on April 28, 2019 at 9:09pm

Haha was going to jump into this thread but I think Steve has done a great job! Neither of these heath ledgers are authentic. Steer clear!

Permalink Reply by marc e on April 28, 2019 at 9:12pm

popcorn time

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