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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin yesterday

Infuriating. Etsy doesn't give a damn.

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Permalink Reply by james allen 10 hours ago

this seller has got the most amazing aray of autographs, all in sames handwriting on dirty old pieces of paper, 187 sales, 100% positive feed back, boggles the mind

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Permalink Reply by fab432 yesterday

That one is small potatoes compared to what is happening on the Live Auctioneer’s platform. There is a constant rotation of forged Beatles items that simply staggers the mind.  I’m surprised that law enforcement has not attempted to shut these fake sales down or simply track back who the consignors are to get to the forgers.

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Permalink Reply by james allen 10 hours ago

hi, what live auctioneers platform?

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Permalink Reply by fab432 10 hours ago

The site is liveauctioneers.com. Do a search for Beatles signed. 

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Permalink Reply by james allen 10 hours ago

hi fab, I  just looked wow, total scam, the beatles didn,t sign many albums, and the auction houses know this, but keep selling and infinate amount of them, crazy

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Permalink Reply by fab432 6 hours ago

Yes and in some cases they have ruined some nice vintage items. One auction house told me these are for people who can’t afford the real thing and have a value of $1000 and will likely be worth more in the future.

They are starting to get a bit more clever but describing the item as Beatles Lp with signatures or attributed to J,P,G & R.  Essentially the worst kind of auction houses IMO. 

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Permalink Reply by HangingOnTheWall 15 hours ago

I have seen - and flagged - some howlers on etsy before (full sets of Abbey Roads, Let it Be) but never received a response. So I don't bother anymore.

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