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Permalink Reply by Mikex on July 7, 2021 at 4:32am

Who is Paul Mahoney and John Lemon?

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Permalink Reply by Dan Morris on July 7, 2021 at 4:34am

Who wouldn't want a John Lemmon autograph in their collection?

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Permalink Reply by Mikex on July 7, 2021 at 4:38am

Provincial auction houses don't have autograph experts on board, so they go along with any story. Good places to dump your crap.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Cushman on July 7, 2021 at 5:22am

What a mess...

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Toll on July 7, 2021 at 5:42am

Even the letter from the lady who did collect them states that she never saw them signed by the Beatles.  The auction house should be ashamed.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on July 7, 2021 at 7:57am

These are awful.

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Permalink Reply by JK on July 7, 2021 at 8:01am

"Provenance" above authentication...

This is what happens.

Every forger will be more than happy to spin a fanciful tale to go along with the forgery.

These may even have been consigned in good faith but that does not change the facts. 

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Permalink Reply by Richard Booth on July 7, 2021 at 10:19am

The lady who collected them probably left her autograph book at the stage door! Possibly at the wrong show too!

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on July 7, 2021 at 10:49am

I believe that these are Aspinall signatures. Here’s another one for comparison:

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Permalink Reply by fab432 on July 8, 2021 at 3:59am

Very interesting.  I think the pic you added makes it clear the signatures in the OP are by Neil.

I sent a pic of these signatures to the auction house and this is the response I got from the auction house.

Thank you for your more considered response. With Beatles autographs the story is everything which we have given in full. At no point do we say the Beatles have actually signed anything. We have set out the scenario and it is up to the market to decide the value

Best regards

David

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on July 8, 2021 at 11:59am

Eagle eyed Ballroom with his elephants memory.

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Permalink Reply by Mikex on July 8, 2021 at 4:16am

They do state that these are Beatles autographs and the estimate is £2000 to £3000. They have decided the value and not the market. They don't care as long as they get the money. This is what happens in an unregulated market. 

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