"This is clearly an organized fraud. I'm still waiting an a reply from ebay. The most recent books (2) will be reimbursed by ebay, but the one I bought in October will have to be contested through my credit card. I was…"
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Help with Hemingway
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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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"All of which can be reported with item numbers. Show "it" correctly and they should listen."
"Yep, and they've sold two books in the last couple of days including another hemmingway "
"this ebay seller has just ceated a new ebay store, called some bits and pieces, selling the same s***"
"CJ -
I had somehow forgotten that I had introduced the thread linked below recently. You might find it interesting. It may not be the same process, but it shows that there are tricks being played with making modern forgeries look…"
"Whatever, the nature of these things, they are of low quality (especially the filled in letters), which may be indicative of their creation with respect to the pages still being bound during the application of reproduction. A plotter or other…"
"Thanks. I'm wondering if the individual scans the signature and then has an ink stamp printed on a 3D printer , although I believe a stamp would produce better borders than these. Perhaps the edges are rounded to eliminate a pooling…"
"Hi CJ,
You might find this thread on interest - the Bowie used here as an example of mechanical reproduction is a forgery. Yours are based on authentic examples. I also note the quality appears higher here.
Exemplars. Beatles, Hendrix, Bowie (based…"
"Hi Eddy,
Did you find something about how these were produced? That would be interesting. The result appears much less technologically advanced than what we have seen with Beatles and Hendrix created signatures and even those pastiche from existing…"
"Eddy,
All the pages are still bound and appear to still be one piece with their counterpart. The editions are not remarkable. Old Man and the Sea "w" edition 1952. Green Hills of Africa 1954. Old Man and the Sea…"
"Steve C. might have an answer. Reproductions of some kind. I agree they appear printed. There is no question these are spatially identical and that is impossible - were I still able to do overlays as in the past I could show it. I believe these…"
"CJ -
I've had the good fortune of having some experience with Hemingway in the past. There is no doubt, in my mind at least, that the three you show are forgeries.
Your question here is a very good one and I will share a bit…"
"Most welcome. You should easily prevail."
"Another criminal exposed. Unfortunately becoming all too common in this hobby. "
"No reply from the seller. Just started the formal ebay process. Thanks again for the links."
"All of these look printed using the same technique. Does anyone know how they do this?"
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