Help with Hemingway

Hello,

I obtained three signed Hemingway books from the same collection and am trying to determine if they are legitimate. Any opinions or direction on who I should send them to would be appreciated.

Thanks,

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Permalink Reply by Doug James on Monday

These just look like preprints? AKA not “live” ink perhaps?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on Tuesday

The signature on "The Old Man and the Sea" appears to be made from this signature on a cut. I do not know the origin of this item, it went unsold at auction, and I don't know the signature.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on Tuesday

The last signature posted was made from this signature sold at RR:

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on Tuesday

As these are from the same collection it is not a stretch to conclude the same about the first signature, although I am unable to find its match the quality and perhaps method of creation appear the same.

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Permalink Reply by LeChuck on Tuesday

Yeah the person's whole ebay store is just fake signatures: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/world_of_adventure

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on Tuesday

Yes, someone has been busy...what I saw appeared to be of the same quality/creation.

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Permalink Reply by Findbooks on Tuesday

Crikey!

You are not wrong there. And check out the "sold" results. Some of these are so bad that they defy belief.

Well, we can throw up our hands in disgust - again - and move on. Or we can attempt to do something/anything to change the situation simply by "reporting this item" and if ebay receives an unusual amount of complaints about a particular seller perhaps they will look into him/her. Pigs might fly, agreed, but it takes only a minute or two.

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Permalink Reply by CJ on Tuesday

Thank you for the responses. I thought the ink boundaries didn't appear cohesive. I guess they're going back.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on Tuesday

Yes, with the RR auction item online and visible you can easily show "Item Not as Described" etc. as the eBay item is a physical duplicate, as is the other signature of the slip when I can refind.

Ernest Hemingway at RR