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Permalink Reply by Fran on September 13, 2018 at 10:19am

Agree. The same for their Queen items. Beware!

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Permalink Reply by Scott Judkins on December 13, 2018 at 11:28pm

Hello and thank you for writing this as you save me a lot of issues down the road. After reading a few of your forums on High End Memorbilia being a scam website I decided to cancel my order and get a full refund. Unfortunately they had already shipped my item so I had to return it at my own cost. Still the end result was $100 out of pocket to ship large framed items back versus $1000 Star Wars cast poster signed that was Most likely fake. The only thing about them is that they have more autographs than any other autographed Website dealer and that no matter what you buy they’ve got 10 more copies available for their next auctions. most likely fake.

After reviewing a lot of research into the company and the autographed associations that they are linked to I personally came to the conclusion that they are not a legitimate business. In fact if you look up their address on yelp is I believe a swimming pool parts company. That’s when I started getting really worried. The unfortunate part is that Third-party websites such as a Icollector.com Liveauctioneer.com don’t do enough research into their sellers. Or they just do not care because when I asked I collector.com if they had any complaints regarding fraudulent memorabilia they responded no. Which after reading many forums many different people have had different issues with this dealer. I went back-and-forth with this company for quite a while before I got a full refund. It’s amazing to see that they’re fine print on their auctions has changed recently. If you scroll down and read the part about disputes/chargebacks you’ll discover that they have mentioned in there fine print you no longer can dispute a specific issue with their services. Which basically they’re stating we can rip you off but you can’t contact your credit card Company or ask for a refund. Basically what I’m saying is stay away stay far away from this organization if you can call them that. I mean the mafia was an organization so I guess you can call them that.

Thank you again.

Any recommendations on legitimate Star Wars Autographs would be helpful? I am a beginner and have had a bad first experience.

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Permalink Reply by Evan on December 14, 2018 at 3:47am

Every week they have another guitar signed by Coltrane and Davis. For a hundred bucks! Have those two ever signed even one guitar? Total scam company. I'm pretty certain they have been removed from one of the major auction sites, I just forget which one. 

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Permalink Reply by Maria T Ciaccia on January 9, 2019 at 1:52pm

I have been collecting memorabilia for many years. I am very wary of bidding on anything from High End Memorabilia. How is it that James Dean signed so many photos in the exact spot, with the exact spacing from the first to the second line, saying exactly the same thing. And why do they go so cheaply? I am happy to find this site because I looked and looked and couldn't find out a thing about them.

I have consigned to memorabilia companies and purchased from memorabilia companies - in each case, auction houses ask for provenance. I sent one book signed by an entire cast of a 1936 production, and the auctioneer referred me to a production and asked if this was the cast list. It wasn't, and I directed him to the right one. Also I was told by a huge auction house that this book had been signed by George Bernard Shaw. The place where I consigned it pointed out to me that this was not a legitimate autograph. I think in fact it wasn't an autograph at all, just a notation that Shaw had written the play. My point is, we went back and forth and both of us had a successful outcome.  This is the type of auction house I trust.

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