Halle, Germany Beatles Museum Set

Had the pleasure of visiting the Beatles Museum in Halle, Germany this morning. Overwhelmed by the collection, it’s one of the best in Europe, if not the world.

While perusing, I stumbled upon a complete set of all four Beatle signatures. The note below the signatures, in German, revealed they were a copy of the originals, with the originals remaining in the museum archives.

What do you think?

Tags: Beatles, Museum, autographs

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on March 29, 2024 at 2:44pm

They believe that it’s an authentic set??? Those are Fan Club secretarials.

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Permalink Reply by Jim McFiver on March 29, 2024 at 2:53pm

Yes, they believe they’re genuine.

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Permalink Reply by Jim McFiver on March 29, 2024 at 2:54pm

They have many wonderfully signed items including several gems signed by Astrid & Klaus.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on March 29, 2024 at 2:56pm

That’s shocking, especially if it has been on display for some time.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on March 29, 2024 at 2:57pm

Indeed. It perhaps speaks to the curator(s) and/or the visitors (those who should know better). On the other hand, they might be reluctant to take it down for a variety of reasons.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on March 29, 2024 at 3:07pm

Apparently so. I would guess that a number of people have probably made them aware of it.

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Permalink Reply by Jim McFiver on March 29, 2024 at 3:43pm

When I approached the gentleman at the counter and asked if they were aware the signatures were fakes, he had a typical response: how dare I suggest it was garbage. From his reaction, it sounds as if they truly didn’t know. While I, too, found it hard to believe, it was the only set I found which wasn’t genuine. They clearly worked hard to provide as many genuine items possible, and rightly so. This one slipped through the crack!

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Permalink Reply by Findbooks on March 29, 2024 at 4:32pm

Germany/Austria/Switzerland are home to some of the planet's heaviest hitters in the autograph-selling market.

I find it extraordinary that I often come across items for sale from sellers in these countries who seem to think it is not necessary to provide images of their products alongside their listings.

This is Beethoven's signature. €8000 please and you can take my word for it - it is real.

Is it a cultural thing? It could be but it puzzles me nonetheless.

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Permalink Reply by a pug called eva on March 29, 2024 at 11:21pm

I can only speak about Switzerland but I'd say the autograph market is certainly not the same as in the US/UK. I don't buy from heavy hitter dealers so I haven't seen their catalogues or sites (apart from those of Markus Brandes, who does include illustrations) but generally people are more trusting and less prepared to pay really big money for autographs and most other collectibles. I have never bought an autograph over here with third party authentication and usually those items that are offered for sale with authentication have bogus certificates of authenticity.