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 Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 6, 2014 at 1:22pm: Josh,

No lawyer representing Keltner has threatened us with a lawsuit. I haven't heard from Kelter or anyone representing him. Your secret source has presented no evidence that Keltner is forging or submitting forgeries to JSA or PSA/DNA and they're accepting them.

And again...how many forgeries have you seen like the ones Nurse sells certified by PSA/DNA or JSA? According to your source they're submitting thousands at a time. Where are they? Why isn't Nurse offering any of them on his websites?

Get evidence and preferably witnesses who will come forward. Otherwise it's not right to drag this guy through the mud.

Comment by VolFins on January 9, 2014 at 1:58pm: Wow. Talk about putting a new light on Make A wish, absolutely absurd ! I'm sorry that happened Josh. I must tell you how jealous I am that you know the Lamberts. Lol I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Adam and was livid when he didn't win Idol. Very happy for him and his success.

Comment by Dan Parker on January 10, 2014 at 5:22am: We reached out to CFP several times last year since the below email we sent went unanswered - when we finally did get Anthony on the phone to discuss, we were told CFP does not sell to people like us and PSA is not the real deal and hung up. When we called back, CFP hung up again after identfying ourselves. We are not advocating or diminishing PSA here - not the intent -just wanted to share our experience with CFP so others could see. And we still see many charities / benefits using this company.

We have reached out to you numerous times in the past but have never received a response. We are company name - we offer sports memorabilia items to charities in the city name-land area. We have been looking to partner with an AUTHENTIC entertainment memorabilia supplier as we have not had good luck in the past. We service about # charity events per year and would like to have your items compliment our sports memorabilia line. Here is the guarantee we need from CFP - we pride ourselves in authenticity as we participate in all of the signings and if we do not participate in the respective signing, we are having items authenticated on a monthly basis when PSA comes to the local card shop. I understand the CFP 3 step process but would also like to have an understanding that if the item we purchase from you does not pass PSA (which we are assuming will not be the issue), our money and all associated fees ( PSA fee - shipping to and from CFP) will be refunded. Please get back to us at your convenience with your confirmation of this process. Also, once we have this agreement confirmed, can you please send a wholesale price page on the entertainment pieces you offer.

Comment by Josh Board on January 12, 2014 at 4:48pm: Dan,

Thank you for taking the time to post that. Yes, that's been their problem all along. They simply can't answer normal questions that a business of this nature would be able to. When I talked to the Make-a-Wish people about this, and he sent back these goofy answers to my questions (none of which answered the questions about authenticity), Make-a-Wish had the logic that....they answered them good enough to their satisfaction. People bought the items, they both made money, and nobody complained. Their logic was...why do I even care?

Rhonda -- I don't know Adam Lambert. I only know his dad, Eber. When I met him years and years ago, Adam was living with his ex-wife, so I never knew him. Yet I did have the fun of enjoying Thanksgiving dinner there while Adam was texting his dad about how he quit the show Wicked in Los Angeles to go try his hand at American Idol (his dad thought it was the wrong decision....hahahahah).

Lastly, I've received a few more emails from people that have purchased fakes from Anthony and Charity Fundraising Packages. It's more stuff we can provide to the FBI, and to get the word out on this disgusting company.

Comment by Josh Board on January 12, 2014 at 4:50pm: Let me also state, for the record -- I LOVE the Make-a-Wish Foundation and what they do for kids fighting terminal illness. If you have donated money to them in the past, please...continue to do so. I just don't like how the local chapter in San Diego handled a company dealing in forged autographs, once they were alerted to it. I also don't like that the main offices haven't contacted Charity Fundraising Packages, and DEMANDED that their testimonial letter on the CFP website be taken down immediately.

Comment by David Wright on January 16, 2014 at 2:39pm: Hi everyone, this is an INCREDIBLY SAD situation. In response to Steve's point "I don't know what else can be done" ... we had a similar situation here in NZ approx 2 years ago when a charity fund-raiser sold a "signed", framed piece from Tiger Woods with a "PSA" sticker on the back. Not only was the autograph and absolute shocker but the PSA sticker bore little resemblance to the real thing!!

When I was shown the piece (by the then proud buyer) it took about two seconds (generous) to realise that this was a shocker.

What I advised the buyer to do was to inform the fund-raising organisation of his suspicions and to let them know that he was going to contact two independent TPAs for their opinions and he did just that. No surprises that both PSA and JSA came back and said "not authentic".

Armed with those two professional opinions the buyer took the item back to the fund-raiser and pleasantly but firmly demanded his money back.

The charity concerned did not want this matter to go public for fear that it would have repercussions for their future fund-raising and so returned his money in full.

At the time we were advised that, here in NZ, the sale of fraudulent memorabilia (albeit "in good faith") is an offense under "The Trades Description Act" and failure to adequately check the item and provide "an accurate" description is no defense.

My point is ... I feel that until sufficient people research the items they have bought at these charity fund-raisers and, if rejected by more than one, reputable and proven TPA, complain to the charity and demand their money back ... this horrid situation isn't going to stop.

In turn, the charities will need to go back to the source of the items and - in their turn - complain and stop dealing with these <*******> (insert your own choice of word) !!

Only when enough duped supporters do this can we hope to see this situation improve ... but I'm not holding my breath while I wait for sufficient numbers of those wonderful charity supporters act :(

For what it is worth, those are my thoughts :)

Happy and safe collecting to everyone, best wishes

David

Comment by Steven Dodder on January 21, 2014 at 4:16am: One way to get their attention is to contact U.S. Postal inspector if they are sending items through USPS, also you can contact FBI fraud division. Anyone remember operation Bullpen?

Comment by Jason D on January 28, 2014 at 12:02am: Just came across this ebay store all items come with a coa from Anthony Nurse.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Keith-Richards-Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-8x1...

For the record if the Keltner that is mentioned happens to be B. Keltner from South Carolina (and has an office in NYC) it is highly unlikely that he is forging anything. I've known him for many years now and he is mainly a buyer. Do I think he may have bought items that weren't authentic and submitted them to JSA and/or PSA/DNA? absolutely. Do I think he knows or knew they were forgeries? absolutely not. He may of had a feeling that they could possibly have been forgeries and that is why he submitted them but I highly doubt that it was a part of any forgery ring. I've known Keltner for many years and have never heard a bad thing about him or him dealing with forgeries knowingly. I think we've all bought forgeries at some point in our life as I'm sure he has but I don't think he resells forgeries knowingly.

That's just my personal opinion on Keltner.

Comment by gary quillico on February 3, 2014 at 2:52pm: rule of thumb most charity auctions the autographs are fake if u want to donate fine give them the money and take the chance but if u think its legit it is not

Comment by Darren Coldwell on February 18, 2014 at 7:57am: Hi there. I bought a couple of bits. One was a Johnny Depp stating it was signed at an art gallery. Ok fair enough they could of caught him leaving a gallery. But then there were more and more Depps all signed at the gallery on the same day. Which was suspicious. Another was a Bowie where the date given did not match the year signed on the front (As you know Bowie always gives a year). They used to display the date and place with the auction details but they now keep that private. I assume because it was becoming too obvious. I've stayed away since. Regards. Darren Coldwell.