5 Beatles Autographed LPs

Just found these 5 LPs up for auction at Swanley Auction Ltd in the UK. They all come with a COA. From the auction description:

This signed album has been authenticated with a COA issued by the signature analysis experts at Artist Museums.

From the listing: This signed album has been authenticated with a COA issued by the signature analysis experts at Artist Museums.

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on November 17, 2024 at 1:39pm

This might be why it's a bit confusing. If you link Global's web site, this is what appears:

Global Authentics - Autographs Authentication Services

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on November 17, 2024 at 10:41am

They actually have a website: https://autographsauthenticationservices.com/

I noticed that in some of the Swanley auction descriptions, they’re hiding the name of the TPA and simply refer to a “reputable authentication service.” Very deceptive.

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Permalink Reply by fab432 on November 17, 2024 at 10:52am

The HELP Lp in the OP was supposedly authenticated by Artist Museums as per the auction description. The Live Auctioneer employee said it was authenticated by Autographs Authentication Services. Maybe they are one in the same.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 17, 2024 at 10:56am

This place?

http://artistmuseums.com/authentication/

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Permalink Reply by fab432 on November 17, 2024 at 11:15am

Yes I believe that is correct.

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on November 17, 2024 at 11:00am

I don’t think so. The employee may have gotten the Help! LP confused with the others that just say “reputable authentication service.”

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on November 17, 2024 at 11:06am

Well, I would not hang my hat on any of them. ;)

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on November 17, 2024 at 11:18am

Ah, I thought this style looked familiar. AAS was associated with the notorious Autographs America and its subsequent iterations. The Help! LP obviously isn’t from the same source as the others.

Here’s the current site, which is called “Memorable Gifts.”

https://www.m46cloud3at.com/

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Permalink Reply by fab432 on November 18, 2024 at 5:57am

I just checked the auction listings and there are 10 Beatles signed LPs (fully and partial) . The signed HELP Lp is the odd man out having different forged signatures from the other 9. Most don’t have bids but a couple are up over £1000. Crazy.

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Juice on November 18, 2024 at 9:18am

They also have fake Van Gogh's, Picasso's, etc. A new low for Live Auctioneer to allow art forgeries on their platform. Maybe that's enough to get the FBI involved?

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Permalink Reply by fab432 on November 22, 2024 at 7:27pm

I received the following reply from the Live Auctioneer platform. Any assistance in what I can provide them would be appreciated.

Thank you very much for reaching out to us regarding your authenticity concerns involving Swanley Auction Ltd.. As you might imagine, we take the integrity of the LiveAuctioneers platform extremely seriously and, so, investigate any reports of fraudulent behavior. While we certainly cannot police all lots for accuracy as there are millions of submissions of unique items, we have a zero fraud tolerance policy and will examine this issue thoroughly.

Regarding your submission, we are broadly looking at Swanley Auction Ltd.'s operating practices to ensure that its behavior complies with our standards regarding accuracy and transparency in listing descriptions and photos.

As you might imagine, as a technology provider, we lack specific expertise on the wide variety of subject matter sold on our platform. If you have any information to support your claim that the item was misrepresented, can you send it our way to expedite our investigation? The more details we get from an expert, the easier it is for us to decide to stop working with an auction house and/or to take other remedial action.

Again, thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Kind regards,
Marilyn P.

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