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Permalink Reply by Rich on August 13, 2012 at 8:05pm

Cool World seems to have some sort of problem when you try to click on on item to zoom in.  I could tell the U2 and Springsteen were miserable fakes anyway.

Graysonline didn't seem to have anything that looked real.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 13, 2012 at 8:15pm

You can click on the single image below the zoom box and it pops up. Please look at www.musiclegends.com.au too.

Thanks, Rich

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Permalink Reply by Rich on August 13, 2012 at 8:21pm

Music Legends looks like they have a more limited range of offerings.  I don't really have a comprehensive knowledge of any of the autographs, other than a mediocre familiarity with AC/DC (i.e. I can spot a completely incompetent fake).  Something didn't seem right about the Patrick Stewarts at first glance, but I could certainly be wrong.

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Permalink Reply by Rich on August 13, 2012 at 8:33pm

Took another look at Cool World.  Doesn't seem like they have an awful lot of "rushed" or sloppy examples?  Looks like a strategy to me.  Not as bad as graysonline, but I zoomed in on the U2.  Looks like supposedly only Edge and Bono signed it.  Bono gives a miserable rushed "in a crowd of Ebayers" type signature, yet still has time to draw a sketch, write the date (2000??) and write "U2" (something I never see him add to his autographs).  The handwriting is wrong and even the sketch looks fake.  

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on August 13, 2012 at 8:34pm

I am fairly certain that the Van Halen signatures that Grays is selling are not authentic.  The top piece does not appear to be any of their current signatures and the fact that gold and silver Sharpies were used leads me to believe that this particular item was signed recently.  The bottom piece looks like it was signed with the same exact black Sharpie.

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Permalink Reply by Bjarne Soderholm on August 14, 2012 at 3:46am

These are just sad to see. They are not even close. Eddie and the boys would cry if they saw them.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on August 14, 2012 at 5:32am

Also, since the band broke up in 1985 Dave and Eddie would usually add an inscription to their signature.  For Dave it was usually the year and for Eddie it was usually "5150".  Since the band reunited Eddie has replaced the "5150" with the year and a "VH" sign.

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Permalink Reply by Mattias Fjellstrom on September 3, 2012 at 3:56am

These ones are supposed to be legit, but I´m definitely no expert in VH autographs. Signed in 2008, except Michael´s who were signed in 2009.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on September 3, 2012 at 4:52am

These appear to be their signatures but I have a few concerns.  Did the person getting the autographs keep the same marker for Michael Anthony to sign in 2009?  Why didn't Dave add the year to his name?  Why didn't Eddie add the year and/or a "VH" sign to his name?  Why didn't Alex add the dot under his name?  It is also possible that Michael Anthony would have added a Chickenfoot symbol to his name in 2009.  I know that he does now.

Like I said they appear to be their signatures but the fact that none of the band members added their traditional personalization concerns me.  Where did you get it?  The gold marker on the 1984 album cover looks beautiful.

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Permalink Reply by Mattias Fjellstrom on September 3, 2012 at 5:04am

Thanks Mike for your inputs! Got them from someone with great connections in the music industry, he has also been on tour with several bands, not sure if he has been working for VH though. But I have other stuff from him which I know are the real deal, for example Kiss, ACDC etc.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on September 3, 2012 at 6:18am

If you trust the source then you have a very unique piece of Van Halen memorabilia.  You could only have done as well at a private signing.  Let's hope that Eddie gets well soon.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on September 3, 2012 at 4:32pm

Mattias, I have created a new discussion based on this subtopic about the authenticity of these signatures.  There are things about the signatures that concern me and I want to get more opinions about them.  Besides the concerns that I have mentioned above I am also concerned about the way that Dave signed his last name.

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/van-halen-opinions-p... 

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