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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 4, 2023 at 9:40pm

No from me.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Michael Bratcher on December 5, 2023 at 2:21am

That's good enough for me.  When I get a little time I'll find her genuine signature and study the differences.

Thanks Eric.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 5, 2023 at 10:28am

It just looks like a lot of ink for her. The scan is so overexposed and highly contrasted I won't say more than the form looks good, it appears authentic, but I can't read the ink at all and certainly not whatever is signed so I just say "no for me" as I don't feel I can really see it. Perhaps the scan or the way it appears but the stroke width is pretty even and that is unusual for her.

I attach my own signed photo by Angus McBean along with a rare original still from the film.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Michael Bratcher on December 5, 2023 at 11:14am

Thanks, Eric.  The posted signature that I copied was small and  not sharp.  When I zoomed in, that is what I got, fuzzy and blurred.  Seems to me that they would provide a sharp, crisp image for bidders who would possibly spend hundreds on the signature.

I love collecting.  But it sure seems like this business needs some standards, and safeguards put in place to weed out the fraud and bad actors (criminals).  That's just my opinion.  Seems to me like there ought to be some sort of way to clean this industry up. It's a great hobby and industry.  It just needs to cleaned up.  There I go, ramblin again!  Thanks.

PS Nice Vivien Leigh photos, thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 5, 2023 at 11:15am

Who is selling it?

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Michael Bratcher on December 5, 2023 at 11:28am

Lights-Camera-ActionUK.  They've sold  thousands, and the they have a great eBay feedback rating.  But I have a stack of fakes from dealers that have sold thousands and had good eBay ratings.

It's like you said earlier, it takes years to learn the art of autograph collecting.  I didn't know how to collect when I first started.  The shysters had my number.  I think the need education is very important.

They have trade schools that teach people how to lay brick and be carpenters.  I think there should be an online program that teaches people how to collect autographs.  It's a multi-billion dollar industry. It seems like that would be a good thing.

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Permalink Reply by michelle on December 5, 2023 at 12:01pm

Only buy from this seller if you are very confident about the signature you are interested in imo.  I know another AML member who had issues with some of his stuff and I had an issue as well with an item I purchased

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 5, 2023 at 12:21pm

Hmm. The first thing I did was put the name in the search engine here (which is something that should always be done) and that led to a forgery. I then went to his eBay listing and saw many forgeries - E.G. Robinson. Elizabeth Taylor etc. AVOID!

This Leigh is no good, now that I can see it a bit better:

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Permalink Reply by michelle on December 5, 2023 at 12:23pm

Quite.  Most of his stuff also sells well below its real price.  He also wrote me a really outrageous  email when I returned something as a fake through ebay

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on December 5, 2023 at 12:50pm

I just wrote AFTAL to tell them of these poor forgeries. I doubt anything will come from it.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Michael Bratcher on December 5, 2023 at 11:34pm

Hey, you tried!  Good for you!  Good for me! Good for everyone, except him.

I don't have any respect for someone who tries to cheat an honest person out of their hard-earned money, not to mention the damage they do to the reputation of the autograph industry as a whole.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick Michael Bratcher on December 5, 2023 at 11:16pm

The scoundrel!

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