"Sold for $750 + fees. That tells you all you need to know about likely authenticity - i.e. it is most probably authentic."
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This is what I call satisfying provenance (Titanic-related)
Started this discussion. Last reply by Eric Keith Longo Oct 31, 2025. 19 Replies 3 Likes
A few years back I bought a collection of photographs of the Ostby family. The Ostbys were wealthy jewelers who lived in Providence, Rhode Island. Helen and her father Engelhart travelled on the…Continue
Lacklustre Marvels of Modern Music results at RR Auction
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With some exceptions this was a pretty uninspiring set of results.…Continue
UK Antiques Roadshow clip featuring JHE signatures
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This makes quite a nice watch. It was first broadcast a few months ago but I only just spotted the clip on the AR site. For once, the valuation (GBP 5,000 - 7,000) seems about right.…Continue
Fully signed Live Killers for GBP 1,000 - 1,500!
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The latest UK "Antiques Roadshow" featured a fully signed "Live Killers" LP. The expert (Raj Bisram) estimated it at GBP 1,000 - 1,500!Luckily the owner had no intention of selling but such…Continue
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"I prefer the fourth option. If the price really is $25 - $35 I can't see the first (sticker only) option can provide much comfort to anyone unless JSA are running a charity. Obviously sellers can use a sticker to persuade less informed buyers…"
"I may be being a bit slow here but do you have to go to another show to get the sticker? I presume they don't authenticate on the same day - in fact, they seem to have a fast track service (for an astronomical additional fee of $250) but even…"
"Maybe, but I always thought that JSA would only sticker the actual item. I'm no expert, as the saying goes."
"Would that be any good as definitive proof. Photocopies were never any use as legal evidence and photos are probably even less so these days."
"What do you mean by LOA only? Doesn't every LOA require a sticker with unique register number?
Eva is sadly no longer with us. I assumed her name while she was still brightening up our every day, along with her flatmate Linda. Their successors…"
"I had a thought while out on my morning constitutional with my flatmate pugs (Lily, Elsa and Frida). If JSA do a photo only authentication how do they sticker what they've authenticated? They would need to do this to register the COA properly…"
"I just had a look at the JSA site. It's a mystery to me why the fees vary per signer. The work should. be the same whether you are authenticating Monroe ($300 - $500), Lennon ($250) or Billie ($150). I suppose they are looking at the potential…"
"OK. Thankfully, I've never had or felt the need to engage the services of an authenticator. I suppose if I ever wanted to sell a higher-priced item I might have to use one but I'd let the auction house sort all that out. Even if I had more…"
"In your original post you said that you gave the 78 to JSA at an event and weren't happy about how they "managed the intake" process. You also implied that you got the 78 back later and were surprised to see finger marks on it. In…"
"Surely you kept the letter? I have no clue what JSA charge for a full authenticity check but I assume you didn't get much change out of $200. I would think the letter is something that Roger should see and comment on - preferably before but at…"
"That's true. Your "Billie" is actually very loose indeed, in contrast to the "Holiday". "
"I can only see the "Billie" part of the name in the image."
"Somehow I doubt the wobbly "o" would have been caused by the surface as it doesn't seem to have affected the other letters much, apart from the bottom right of the "H" (see below). From your close-up it appears that…"
"What are you referring to with this image (with 1:22 at the top)?"
"I was thinking the writer went down the left side of the "o" and came up on the right, as Billie seems to have done in the other exemplars. Normally she would make a small circle at the top of the "o" to get to the "I".…"
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- Collector
- What would you like to tell us about yourself, your collecting, or business.
- Mainly better quality items with an emphasis on female leading ladies of the 20s to 60s. Some rock & pop too.
- What is your level of expertise?
- Advanced Collector
- Why do you want to join Autograph Live?
- researching autographs I own
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- What are your areas of interest?
- Classic Hollywood and Stage, Music
- Why do you collect?
- Mainly: 1) wanting to own a piece of history, 2) wanting to get closer to a legend, 3) wanting something attractive to display (applies mainly to signed photos), 4) wanting to own something that is rare, desired by others and valuable, 5) potential financial gain and potential source of liquidity if needed
- What is your favorite autograph in your collection?
- Too difficult to decide.
- You can ask anyone living or dead for their autograph. Who would it be?
- Jesus
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- At 10:42pm on April 25, 2014,
geraldzheng said…
DO YOU WANT TO SELL Audrey Hepburn SIGNED PHOTO?
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