"Yes, I once "saw" a box of "junk" sell for $50 at auction and it contained several "11 x 14" press originals and several pieces of Duralumin at the bottom. I was not there. A friend got it.I was amazed no one looked…"
"Other legit collectibles, not autos. Cards, toys, etc. Nothing that's fake. All one seller. $20, was for just this photo, in an auction of over 100 items. There wasn't a ton of eyes on the auction in general so I thought maybe it just got…"
"Appreciate the response. Yeah, I'm only in at $20 so not that upsetting. Figured it was worth the gamble, will more than make my money back with the other items I got it with. Thanks for the feedback guys. "
"Chat GPT (or any other AI) is totally useless for autograph authentication. It does not know the difference between real, fake, secretary, preprint or autopen. I have tested it many, many times with known real and fake exemplars. You may as well…"
"I will do that, thank you. Just trying to learn from this experience, I collect other things, not so much autographs. Appreciate all the feedback. How do you feel about the points made here? "
"Nothing in particular, just that there are lots of variations like I said. I know this isn't full proof obviously butttt, chatGPT analyzed it for me and said it has a 40-50% chance of passing verification 🤷"
"Thanks for the example. Yeah, I looked up a bunch and you're probably right. Only thing is there are so many variations that it's hard to be 100% sure. Would hate to get rid of it if there's a chance it's real."
"from start to finish this has nothing to do with pacino or reeves and i can tell you that from 35 years of experience and study!. you don't have to believe me so give me a link to that seller and i can teel tell you much more."