1970's Elton John Yellow Brick Road -- Authentic or good forgery?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on June 30, 2018 at 11:07am

It's too stiffly signed and has too much pen pressure for me. My vote is no.

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Permalink Reply by Classic Rock on June 30, 2018 at 11:13am

Sorry but I don’t like it. Steve has brought up some very good points.

Here is mine for comparison

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on June 30, 2018 at 12:59pm

nice signature, Classic

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Permalink Reply by Classic Rock on June 30, 2018 at 1:07pm

Thank you Terrier!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on June 30, 2018 at 1:57pm

Classic Elton John. Very nice.

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Permalink Reply by Classic Rock on June 30, 2018 at 2:19pm

Thank you Steve.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on June 30, 2018 at 12:57pm

my vote too, for the same reasons

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Permalink Reply by Dr. Douglas Shuler on June 30, 2018 at 2:54pm

I agree with Steve, that's awful.

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Juice on June 30, 2018 at 3:23pm

Seller - rd421smith2012 has many autographed items for sale that look good at first glance but are most likely forgeries. Here are his "other items"

https://www.ebay.com/sch/rd421smith2012/m.html?item=263784751368&am...

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on June 30, 2018 at 5:47pm

I and a few others here have been watching RD Smith for some time. Bad material. "Bowie", "Gleason"...

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Juice on June 30, 2018 at 6:14pm

His real name is Billy Smith from Florida. His claim to fame was running the Asbury Park Rock and Roll Museum in the '80's and mostly sold Springsteen items. Now he seems to have an endless supply of Bruce, Bowie, Dead, Elton, John Denver, Warren Zevon and always for FAR lower prices than what authentic stuff would sell for. Lots of Life Magazine covers with perfect signatures on them. He must sell tens of thousands of dollars a year of this crap to unsuspecting buyers as his feedback is damn near perfect. Guess they never send in to PSA, JSA, or Roger to be told they've been buying worthless forgeries. Here's an Eagles fake that he recently sold for only $375 (worth at least 2 grand if real)