Authenticity is Everything
PSA and JSA authenticated this fake McCartney "Signed" Abbey Road Drawing
https://www.ebay.com/itm/127604725724 "Abbey Road"
Up for auction for nearly half a million dollars -- and it's fake. Has all the hallmarks of a known forger who has been exposed on this site in 2014.
How could PSA and JSA authenticate this?
Here are some examples of the forgers artwork so you can see how similar they are.
Tags: 85101710, Abbey, JSA, McCartney, PSA/DNA, Road, Sketch, XX10335
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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on
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Nicely done. It’s crazy that that they both authenticated this disaster. Here’s a portion of the eBay auction description:
On August 6th, Paul McCartney did a rough sketch of The Beatles crossing Abbey Road to show Photographer lain MacMillan, who then Photographed the Iconic Cover shot on August 8th, 1969 on a step ladder in the middle of Abbey Road while a Police Officer Held up traffic for just 10 minutes. The former owner of this Piece of Music History notes that Paul McCartney drew this more detailed Sketch of the Famous "Abbey Road" Cover, just days before the album was released in September, 1969 and gave it to one of the Studio Employees who worked there while The Beatles were creating Their Final Masterpiece "Abbey Road" which would be their Last Album they would record together.
Boldly signed in blue ink, the piece is PSA encapsulated and authenticated & also comes with a JSA Letter of Authenticity.
Return Policy: The piece is sold as is, final sale. There are no refunds.
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Permalink Reply by Steve P. on
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Don't know how accurate this is but I asked Grok and here's what came up:
Yes, Paul McCartney drew a simple sketch of the Abbey Road zebra crossing (pedestrian crosswalk) as the concept for The Beatles' iconic 1969 album cover.A few days before the photo shoot on August 8, 1969, McCartney created a rough pencil drawing showing the four Beatles walking across the crossing outside EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios). He provided this to photographer Iain Macmillan, who added his own notes and a more detailed illustration in the corner. The final photograph executed McCartney's idea almost exactly, as confirmed by Macmillan himself and multiple Beatles historians.
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I think this is what that’s referring to.
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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on
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That is believable.
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Permalink Reply by Raul Serrano on
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It's a well-known forgery style that I've been following for some years. What's interesting is that the forger has now improved his technique by adding a drawing. But the signature is the same forger's.
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There are other signed drawings with forged signatures of Macca, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, etc. Here’s another attempt at a fuller Macca signature:
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Good to know. I've even thought it might be the same person who forged Lennon's signatures, known as the "guy So.Cal," but I haven't been able to confirm it. I only think it's the same person because of the handwriting style.
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Here’s a 58-page discussion regarding this forger. There are a number of Beatles pieces, some of which have been authenticated.
https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/lot-of-michael-jack...
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Thank you for the link Mark, and a belated Happy New Year to you. :-)
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Happy New Year to you too, Eric!
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Wow, I'm surprised by the amount of material that has been documented about this counterfeiter. I can confirm that it's the so-called "SoCal."
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