Authenticity is Everything
Fleetwood Mac - any good ????????????????
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Permalink Reply by John Freeman
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You presume to know something about me based on the fact that I have items for sale, and you label me as a "dealer". But first and foremost, I'm a human being, just like the rest of you. But so far, I haven't found anyone who actually knows how to act like one. I came on here to defend one single program because an individual tried to use it to slander me. Since then, I have been called all kinds of names and accused of all sorts of things, none of which I have done. And the reason? Because I have some nice, one of a kind, items for sale. I did not "forge" them, and I did not get them from a "forger". I purchased them directly from an individual in the UK whose Mom dedicated most of her life to acquiring them. I did try to explain this before, but nobody listened. Instead, I was treated like some kind of criminal for simply telling my story. And now, I have to defend myself to a community which I hoped to be a part of, but does not want any part of me. And if that's the case, ok. I can deal with that. But I will not compromise myself to be a part of something with which I do not belong.
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Permalink Reply by Findbooks
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I did not "forge" them, and I did not get them from a "forger". I purchased them directly from an individual in the UK whose Mom dedicated most of her life to acquiring them.
Ok, that is plausible.
So, presuming you are not actually selling these items on consignment, you bought all of this stock from a single source in a foreign country. Did you travel over to the UK to view the collection? Was the deal negotiated online only? How was the collection transported to you over in the USA? How much did that cost approximately?
You mentioned having many years experience but I note that your ebay account was established only in 2021. Where did you trade before that?
How did you verify the items in this collection before you bought it? Did it occur to you beforehand that you might be buying a collection which had been assembled by a very silly person with no knowledge or expertise in the field - that the items had been purchased willy-nilly without any underlying theme?
There are many, many cast-signed vintage movie posters and other related ephemera in this collection. As an experienced autograph-person, are you aware of how rare such items actually are and do you really believe that eBay would be the most appropriate venue for selling these?
Perhaps you could explain the processes involved in how you authenticated each and every one of all the many, many signatures included in this collection. Did you actually engage in any type of authentication yourself or did you just assume that they were all fine?
Rather than try to defend individual autographs you could address some of these more basic matters.
The list - thus far - of questionable material in this collection could be added to greatly, btw.
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If you would sstop ripping people off but are a Con Man but better yet I just spoke to the police department in your area and they are aware of the fraud you are perpetrating !!!
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Permalink Reply by Josh Board NEW & Improved
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And again, these folks already did you a big solid. They told you some of the reasons WHY your stuff was so easily spotted as fake. A style of signature from the early 60s done in the late 60s. So now you'll know how to properly trick people in the future.
Oh, and as to your response about your happy customers that are too afraid to state their opinions because of bullies -- also makes no sense. They probably aren't even on here, or aren't experts, so what would they have to prove you correct in selling an authentic item?
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Permalink Reply by Jason H
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Im not interested in Fleetwood Mac so I haven't been paying attention much to this thread. Just caught up now and WOW... I am too exhausted to really dig through this sellers stuff until tomorrow but quickly searched sold items for signatures I know. I won't give any of my own opinions, whatever they are worth, without more reaserch.. but... Tell me if I'm wrong, the first one I click on to look closer, Bon Jovi... Is this a stop and start mark or am I seeing things?
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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo
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I agree.
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Just for reference, here is a full set of signatures from Bowie’s Outside Tour band, obtained in person, by me, in Prague on 3 February 1996:
Top row: Peter Schwartz, Mike Garson, Reeves Gabrels, Carlos Alomar.
Bottom row: Zachary Alford, Gail Ann Dorsey, George Simms.
Peter’s signature is particularly rare to find on items from this tour. He was so anonymous to all but the most hardcore of fans that few people bothered to ask for his autograph. It is the only signature missing from the tour programme posted earlier.
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Ok come on, this Ghostbusters item is comical. How can this be explained? Dan somehow completely stopped his signature clockwise "a" that's 100% present in all his handwriting, not just signature, from as far back as the early 70s that I've researched and still is true today.. whoever forged this must have been trying to copy one of Dan's secretarial signatures and hacked it. Everything is completely off in general.
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After just a very quick scan of the listings I am actually wondering if there is one single authentically-signed item in the whole collection.
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I can't sleep, still up and on my phone but I can't look at this garbage anymore, stopped right after my last post. It's just not worth the effort and others are right about giving secrets away. Although I've written about Dan many times to help people avoid his ttm secretarials. His "a" is just one aspect out of many tells, as are Bill and Ernie. I'm surprised there was no Ramis to bump it up another $1000 but I guess the forger was too worried about THAT aspect causing a red flag lol... I feel it's not a problem to mention Dan's "a" on here because id hope that everyone should know that aspect by now. Even TPAs somehow let his secretarial slip and that's the easiest instant tell.. This clown is way off on everything regardless of the a...
It amazes me how someone can be willing to defend trash on here to people who know better. I don't believe this person's items or story. Just another fraud who thinks he's smarter than everyone. I think eBay feedback and lack of repercussions has gotten to his head.
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Here's another thing. When he refers to us as "bullies" or whatever -- it's kind of like when the dumb women on the show The View, argued about Bill Cosby. Whoopie Goldberg said she knew him and because of that, didn't believe all the women accusing him of rape. And Joy Behar, in one of the rare times she said something intelligent, replied, "So, these 50 women just all got together one day and said 'Listen, here's what we're gonna do. We're going to accuse Cosby of drugging and raping us."
Does this person think that's what we want to do? Attack some new member on this site because we're bullies? No. If somebody joined here, and had great stories, authentic autographies, etc...we'd welcome them with open arms (no Journey reference intended...although I'm sure that guy has some Journey autographs for sale)
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