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An increasingly commonly seen Beatles forgery style

Started this discussion. Last reply by JDZelenka Nov 18. 13 Replies

I thought I would share this from Saleroom. I have seen this forgery style crop up on a few items recently. It is at first glance quite professionally done but has certain characteristics that stand…Continue

 

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JDZelenka replied to fab432's discussion Beatles Signed Autograph Book
"Beautiful set if you don't mind the dedication"
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JDZelenka replied to Mike's discussion John signing posters November 19th 1963
"In 25 years of collecting and monitoring sales I have never seen such an item come up for sale. In an aside, I have a set of Beatles autographs from the Wolverhampton March appearance on the back page of the programme. It caused some confusion among…"
Nov 22
JDZelenka replied to HangingOnTheWall's discussion Signed Beatles photo
"This case should be a harsh lesson to those autograph collectors that maintain "provenance is everything" and there must be a detailed story with each set. As others have pointed out, these are not Feb 1963 signatures and were reproduced…"
Nov 19
JDZelenka replied to Ryan's discussion Beatles forger is back at Hunt auctions this month
"These are some of the best forgeries I have seen. Looking at them en masse you can see certain traits like the small neat lower case letters of George Harrison. With modern techniques of transferral/printing and these high end written forgeries…"
Nov 19
JDZelenka replied to Ricardo's discussion 2025 McCartney signature
"A great 2025 exemplar and perfect provenance - much better than the ones on all his recent books"
Nov 18
JDZelenka replied to JDZelenka's discussion An increasingly commonly seen Beatles forgery style
"I have a Paul signed Canadian LP of Meet the Beatles. I would think apart from possibly Swedish EPs, foreign records signed by all four Beatles almost non-existent. Even US issues exist only in the handfuls. "
Nov 18
CJCollector replied to JDZelenka's discussion An increasingly commonly seen Beatles forgery style
"Agreed!!!! That's John House of the now defunct AlwaysAtAuction.com and AtAuction.com. My blog on Dalshire International: https://live.autographmagazine.com/profiles/blogs/dalshire-international-mickey-mantle-forgeries-coa-gfa"
Nov 18
Chas replied to JDZelenka's discussion An increasingly commonly seen Beatles forgery style
"are they getting by TPA? I have a beckett certified foreign 45 from ebay"
Nov 18
fab432 replied to JDZelenka's discussion An increasingly commonly seen Beatles forgery style
"Definitely agree with your observation. I’ve noticed that the more recent signings are on foreign pressings and items not often seen.  Not sure why they would bother as the signatures are always bad."
Nov 18
JDZelenka replied to JDZelenka's discussion An increasingly commonly seen Beatles forgery style
"One interesting point I saw a few years ago - I think from Frank Caiazzo. Forgers rarely put their marks on any item of high value such as a concert programme. The Four Aces in the listing may be an outlier in that respect. Given the overall…"
Nov 18
fab432 replied to JDZelenka's discussion An increasingly commonly seen Beatles forgery style
"The Live Auctioneer platform seems to be used quite frequently to sell many of these forged Beatles items.  Here is a recent list. Salt Lake Gallery - November 18. Lot 0079 - Beatles 65 Lot 0158 - Beatles Second Album Lot 0041 - Please Please…"
Nov 18
Findbooks replied to JDZelenka's discussion An increasingly commonly seen Beatles forgery style
"One can only hope that prospective buyers examine a seller's negative feedback but it seems some people choose to ignore it. Incredible."
Nov 18
BallroomDays67 replied to JDZelenka's discussion An increasingly commonly seen Beatles forgery style
"That’s a much better and more descriptive name."
Nov 17
Steve Cyrkin, Admin replied to JDZelenka's discussion An increasingly commonly seen Beatles forgery style
"That's Dalshyster International."
Nov 17
BallroomDays67 replied to JDZelenka's discussion An increasingly commonly seen Beatles forgery style
"I’ve seen quite a few of them too, especially from Dalshire International."
Nov 17
JDZelenka replied to JDZelenka's discussion An increasingly commonly seen Beatles forgery style
"That signature factory is prolific as I have seen a few others - I wonder where they are originating from?"
Nov 17

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