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Permalink Reply by John Smith on December 30, 2022 at 7:25am

How is nobody responding to my threads? I thought this was site was full of experts on calligraphy?

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Permalink Reply by Rich on December 30, 2022 at 7:33am

Maybe no one knows who this guy is? I certainly don't.

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Permalink Reply by John Smith on December 30, 2022 at 8:08am

Pretty bad sign. He really should be taken off Ebay. 

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Permalink Reply by Rich on December 30, 2022 at 8:17am

Well, Ebay definitely allows many worse characters to sell, that's for sure.

I will say the fact that this guy thinks this is Robert Redford isn't too promising.

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Permalink Reply by John Smith on January 2, 2023 at 9:39am

Happy New Year's. Turns out this guy is a real estate agent (he linked me the website he can be found on) who does this as a hobby.

One of his colleagues on that site obtains the signatures and I can confirm as per the picture on that real estate site and the picture of him getting the signatures, he is one in the same. 

Now that does not automatically mean they're genuine, since he has at least a dozen shirts. But he claims his agency based in Dortmund is responsible for having gotten a lot of the Borussia Dortmund players' houses. The PSA quick opinion came back "most likely not genuine", but that's not foolproof.

I'm so conflicted as to whether or not this guy is legit. 

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Permalink Reply by Doug S on January 2, 2023 at 11:00am

Robert Culp in the photo?

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Permalink Reply by John Smith on January 2, 2023 at 11:06am

Yeah, I recognized him from Everybody Loves Raymond. His coworker didn't get his autograph in person, but a bunch of players' from Borussia Dortmund, including Haaland's allegedly. 

same guy (Maurice Pope) from this site, where you'll also find Thomas Schluchter:

http://buero.immoweb.de/luenen/unser-team

What do you guys think? PSA quick opinion thinks it's not genuine, but they're very conservative. The low prices of 250 euro for a jersey signed by the entire team is extremely low, though, plus the quantity is concerning. The players did the real estate agents a sort of service for getting them the houses around the area, but it seems very shady.

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Permalink Reply by John Smith on January 2, 2023 at 11:24am

When I say "allegedly obtained Haaland's autograph", I meant for all the shirts. It's clear that he's obtained it for at least one of them. Problem is there's a bunch of them on Ebay. How can I possibly know that they didn't keep the genuine one for themselves, and are passing off forgeries?

I used to take autograph collecting for granted, but I've been blackpilled to oblivion with how many conmen there are out there that I might be wrongly accusing someone of being one.

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Permalink Reply by John Smith on January 3, 2023 at 8:27am

Beckett quick opinion came back as likely not authentic for another one of their items. I guess I'm going to go with my gut despite all the evidence he's provided me with.

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