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This set of autographs is currently up for sale at SAS in the UK.  I sent the auction house a note indicating the signatures were not authentic IMO. Here is the reply i received. Any other thoughts?

Hello

 

Thank you for your enquiry. We believe the provenance of these to be very good, plus of course, The Beatles were well known for signing each others names from time to time..perhaps you would like me to pass on your comments about forgery to the lady who collected them?!.

Best regards

David

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"...With Beatles autographs the story is everything ..."

Education and observation is everything. 

It could be an expensive story for someone. Book shops sell stories. Some auction houses don't care what they are selling as long as there are people to pay up.

Reading all the terms from several houses shows just that.

"...Purchases of autographed materials and works are made at the risk of the purchaser. Subject to our Terms and Conditions we cannot accept returns on these items...."

Is this the place? Special Auction Services UK?

That's worse than eBay. That can't be legal. 

That auction house is despicable. 

They can't even hang their hat on plausible deniability since that was destroyed already.

I can only hope and assume that the buyer will show off their new treasure or maybe even submit for verification, and that someone will set them straight. Then then can go back and fight it out with the auction house.

The auctioneer will pay a price, either financially or reputationally or both. You would think they would want to avoid that.

It is a lot safer to buy off ebay. At least you have thirty days to get your money back and longer through PayPal.

I’m not sure if this was there originally, or if it was just added towards the end of the description:

As Sheila wasn't present in the room at the time of the signing, it is possible that some or all of the Beatles signatures were signed by different band members to the names, or by the likes of Neil Aspinall.

It’s definitely more than possible.

Yes, that was added later. 

The estimate has been lowered to £1200. A huge amount for what it is. 

+1

still a cool piece but definitely should be listed as secretarial

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