Stephen Duncan's Blog – September 2010 Archive (5)

In the December 2009 issue of AUTOGRAPH, Roger Epperson wrote what I consider to be the BEST article to date of the authenticity of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham's signatures.

Led Zeppelin is one of rocks most requested bands, most collected…

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Added by Stephen Duncan on September 28, 2010 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

An absolute BONANZA of autograph conventions to choose from.

All this talk about fake signatures and the crooks that are trying to rip you off, please keep in mind that there is a current BONANZA of autograph conventions being held in the next few months from sea to shining sea. Here is your best defense at fighting forgers that you are not not buying any of their junk, and instead support the artists that are attending the below conventions. Take a look:

http://www.zurkopromotions.com/ -…

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Added by Stephen Duncan on September 24, 2010 at 4:30pm — 6 Comments

New Facebook page regarding the war on fake and bogus autographs.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Celebrities-Understanding-Celebrity-Autographs/129289450451856?v=info&ref=ts#!/pages/Celebrities-Understanding-Celebrity-Autographs/129289450451856?v=wall

New Facebook page that I will dedicate and post any and all information regarding this…

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Added by Stephen Duncan on September 7, 2010 at 7:38pm — No Comments

Celebrity Book Signings: Opportunity Lost!

I have always enjoyed celebrity book signings. It is the simpliest and most guaranteed way to obtain an autograph. In the real world of collecting autographs, there isn't often much that is a sure thing, but attending a celeb's book signing is as close as it is ever going to get. In this world we live in of fans wanting autographs, very tough economics, and the cancer of fake signatures over taking collectability, I simply cannot understand why a celebrity will not allow one item of…

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Added by Stephen Duncan on September 4, 2010 at 9:00am — 9 Comments

I am going to point my finger to who I feel needs to take in part, the blame for fake autographs.

I will confine my frustration to just Rock and Roll autographs since that is my area of what I collect. I am so fed up with what seems to be every gallery I walk into, every internet website I visit, and the increasing amount of horror stories regarding the signed garbage that is currently in circulation for sale. From those 9 Led Zeppelin signed LP's I saw last year in Las Vegas to the current conversation on another blog here regarding The Rolling Stones fake autographs and at every corner…

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Added by Stephen Duncan on September 3, 2010 at 8:00pm — 9 Comments