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Permalink Reply by Patrick1977 on August 13, 2018 at 1:11am

To me they look good but wait for Innuendos opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Fran on August 13, 2018 at 1:21am

Not authentic in my opinion.

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Permalink Reply by GK1 on August 13, 2018 at 1:41am

Thank you both. I wasn’t worried about the form of the autographs as they look good. I was just worried about a silver sharpie. I’ve gone back to the chap and he has explained that it is silver paint pen. Which were available here in the uk in the 80s.

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Permalink Reply by Innuendo on August 13, 2018 at 1:47am

Hi there. These are all not genuine, unfortunately. They are far from the worst ones I've seen, so I understand how it looks good to some but freddie and roger are the red flags. They're done by the same hand, and neither of them were done by members of the band.

That Freddie is from a forger I've seen recently on Ebay. He really likes that silver marker. He's also pretty good at Brian, which is worrisome. Luckily, he still gets plenty wrong with all 4 of his signatures, regardless. Here's another example of his work

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Permalink Reply by Fran on August 13, 2018 at 1:53am

This time, the forger seems to be British.

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Permalink Reply by TQ on August 13, 2018 at 11:59pm

Hey Innuendo, can I ask a question? that Brian May you posted is so darned convincing, although now youve pointed it as a fake I can start to see some issues, what gave it away in the first place? If I saw that 'Brian' by itself Im pretty certain I'd be fooled!

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Permalink Reply by Innuendo on August 14, 2018 at 3:02am

Without giving too much away, I can say the bottom of the B gets pulled down too far with this one and the curvature in the B is too spaced out in some parts and not enough in others.

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Permalink Reply by TQ on August 15, 2018 at 11:45pm

Thanks mate, yeah the more I look at it, the more some things seem off. Youve got an incredible eye though to pick it up straight away!

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Permalink Reply by Innuendo on August 16, 2018 at 6:22am

Thanks for the kind words, TQ

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Permalink Reply by GK1 on August 13, 2018 at 1:58am

Yes, this seller has sold me nothing but genuine items in the past, I’m very surprised

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Permalink Reply by Innuendo on August 13, 2018 at 2:01am

Gary, as long as these fakes aren't all from the same speller who then claims to have obtained them both in person (I have not seen the most recent Ebay listing for the example I provided or the items in the OP, so I'm not aware of what account is selling them or what the background story is)- don't sweat it. Nobodys perfect. Even the best have gotten duds before.