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Did You Purchase an Item from Anthony Nurse or Charity Fundraising Packages? Please Let me Know...

I saw items at an auction recently that I believe to be forgeries. I'm in the process of trying to figure out if they are real or not, and would like to hear from others on experiences they've had with Anthony Nurse or his company -- Charity Fundraising Packages.

I remember being at a party 15 years ago, and somebody had a signed "Hotel California" album by the Eagles. It was fake, and I knew it was. I asked the guy how he acquired it. He told me an auction for his sons school. I didn't have the heart to tell him.

So, when I saw another fake Hotel California album at this auction, it made me cringe.

Anyway...please contact me if you purchased a forgery or ANYTHING from this company -- and I'll see if Steve and Roger can help me authenticate these items, and we'll move into the next steps involved (if, in fact, they are forged items).

It's bad enough if forged items are sold to unsuspecting people, but to do it in the name of a charity is just despicable.

(and a website that shows generic pictures of bands signing for 50 fans doesn't prove anything...neither does a photo of Anthony Nurse standing by Rod Stewart at a book signing).

At book signings, they don't let you bring albums, cds, or guitars. They sign THE BOOK ONLY. And having a photo taking with somebody, doesn't make any autographed item you sell "authentic." Most people don't realize that.

Anyway....contact me at: joshboard87@gmail.com

Thank you!

(or post your stories on this thread)

Tags: Anthony Nurse, Charity Fundraising Packages, Forgery, autograph authenticity, charity auctions, fake autographs

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Comment by John Carpenter on March 6, 2014 at 6:52am: Apparently the people employed there to acquire autographs may be in the back room signing stuff themselves!

Comment by Bradford on March 6, 2014 at 7:27pm: Hey guys. Just got tuned into this thread because of the Anthony Nurse authenticated autograph I saw on Ebay that went for $265. I thought it was a fake and decided to do some research and found this thread.

Comment by Darryl P on March 10, 2014 at 12:26pm: Regarding my autographed "The Godfather" poster from my Feb 27th comment, here are four close ups (Pacino, Coppola, Shire, and Caan) of the six total autographs. Real or Fake? I think I already know the answer...

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on March 10, 2014 at 5:51pm: Thanks, Darryl. The Pacino is definitely not genuine in my opinion. I'll leave the others for members more knowledgeable than me to opinine on. LMK if you don't get responses by tomorrow.

Comment by David Wright on March 10, 2014 at 8:59pm: Hi Darryl, very sorry but those signatures from Ms Shire and Mr Caan are, in my humble opinion, not genuine :( Letter structure and formation in both those is, I'll be polite, very atypical. Cheers, David.

Comment by Robert Pistella on March 17, 2014 at 6:19pm: I picked this up last week at Phil Wiess auctions... any thoughts? Thanks, Rob

http://http://weissauctions.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=6845&...

Comment by Robert Pistella on March 17, 2014 at 7:01pm: Here's another link:

http://weissauctions.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=6845&weid=0&...

Comment by Bjarne Soderholm on March 17, 2014 at 7:09pm: This Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band guitar is not genuine. No doubt about that. Try to return it as soon as possible and get a refund.

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on March 17, 2014 at 9:59pm: I agree with Bjarne...I don't think the guitar is genuine. Philip Weiss is a respectable auction house and tries to only offer legitimate and properly represented material. But while they auction autographs, they're not a specialty. I don't think they have an autograph expert look at them in most cases...but I could be wrong.

Weiss gives you two weeks to raise authenticty concerns, so as Bjarne says...contact them by email right away.

Comment by Robert Pistella on March 18, 2014 at 4:35am: thanks all, I've already written them. I only received it last week. I'll let you all know how they handle it.

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