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A Rolling Stones assignment. Is it real?

Awhile back I purchased a Rolling Stones newspaper. It was OKed by Roger Epperson before I purchased it. I didn't see, nor can I now see, there was any problems with it. I matted the paper and eventually offered it for sale on eBay where it was pulled by them.

I have since found out that this item sold on eBay in the past without a problem.

Yesterday, I received information from a member on this site who noticed this in a previous discussion and was informed by them that this is a known forgery style.

To also be fair, I have seen an email where Roger Epperson again(today) responded this set of signatures looks fine. Also, I have in my possession a ticket to the event on the same date as the newspaper, attendance wristbands for the event, and photo of the event site and inside during the concert.

I simply would appreciate to figure out if these signatures are, indeed, genuine or do they appear suspect. I both love and dislike a challenge and this is one to me. Appreciate any and all thoughtful responses.

Thank-you.

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Permalink Reply by Tiziano Vianello on September 27, 2018 at 6:53am

The problem is that a big wrong of an authenticator, make of a fake a real signature and it's no good for many people that are not expert of stones and that buy in some excellent auctions like RRAuction...

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Permalink Reply by Out Of Control on October 1, 2018 at 9:48am

Bit late to this. I'm the collector who asked Matt Lee to look at the signatures from The Mogador show which came complete with wristbands, email and boarding cards for a flight from the UK to Paris. I bought these at auction. Matt's appraisal of those signatures together with a signed album, which I believe came from the same source, was gut wrenching. It was an expensive lesson and one that I won't repeat but I'm grateful that I was able to get Matt to look at them. He is an outstanding authority on all Stones memorabilia. I did call the auction house to let them know but I think it's a case of caveat emptor ("buyer beware").