"Most welcome. Glad to help. To me, price was the biggest indicator here to a new collector. That serves as a red flag before you even see the "autographs.""
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Help with Hemingway
Started this discussion. Last reply by Eric Keith Longo Mar 15. 67 Replies 0 Likes
Hello,I obtained three signed Hemingway books from the same collection and am trying to determine if they are legitimate. Any opinions or direction on who I should send them to would be…Continue
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"Thanks for the update, CJ. I'm glad you prevailed!
A few of us in the vintage film autograph collecting community continue tracking some similar material like the ones I referenced upthread. Unfortunately,…"
"Hello,
I'd like to thank everyone here for their support and rapid identification of the legitimate signatures. I won the credit card dispute for the first book. Now all three books have been refunded, but that is not enough. …"
"You're very welcome, CJ. It certainly says very clearly that Beckett is amongst the recognized professionals on the eBay platform so that seems to be the first hurdle cleared.
I am wondering if the cc company will require the full…"
"Eddy,
You got it. I told them I had the preliminary review by Beckett stating the item is "Unlikely to pass full authentication". The credit card rep didn't think that wording was strong enough to merit the return of the…"
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If an expert says that an item on eBay is not accurately represented, we reserve the right to remove it. If this happens, we may refund the listing fee to the seller.""
"CJ - If I'm understanding correctly, the credit card company is requiring "proof" that a potential third party authenticator is recognized/accepted in the industry for their authentication work? After that hurdle is…"
"Before or after the opinion is rendered? This gets $ quick. Perhaps that is the point?"
"They can't name a service? That sounds ridiculous. How are you supposed to fill that request?"
"As asked, that question doesn't appear have an answer."
"I would go with anyone who is considered reputable in the industry. I expect it will be an easy determination."
"From my conversation they expect the authentication service to make their case for being accepted across the industry. "
"Hello,
I'm back for some more advice. In order to convince the credit card company the first book's signature is fake, it will have to be reviewed by a credible authentication service and I have 15 days to do it. The first…"
"Hello again,
Thank you for those images. Clear and helpful. :-)
I hope eBay does good by you. This seller is a serious problem. You are correct - an unsigned 1st Edition of The Old Man and the Sea is about $500-$600! "
"Hello gents,
I saw you where doing some sleuthing on that other signature. I thought I would upload some higher res photos of my fakes. As far as by ebay saga, I didn't capitulate on being blackmailed for the refund of the first…"
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