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Permalink Reply by Bruce Juice on August 4, 2026 at 12:22pm

Prince stopped signing his name in around 1990 and used his symbol for a few years after that. Real Purple Rains sell for 20 grand and up. You think this one at $600 would be good?  Bogus LOA as well from a company that certs forgeries for a living. 

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Permalink Reply by Tre on August 4, 2026 at 12:30pm

The 600 was a starting bid price so yes I thought it was worth asking. I'll stay away from it. 

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Permalink Reply by Tre on August 5, 2026 at 2:32pm

I read that at a certain point he refused to sign any of his older work due to his religious beliefs. He even politely declined to sign something for Celine Dion post 2000. I don't know if it was because of what he was asked to sign or if he just refused all autographs after a certain year. Was he still signing anything at the time he passed do you know?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 5, 2026 at 10:34pm

I agree with Bruce. That's not a real Prince; the price would be ten times that if it was, and it's a well-known forgery seller, Brian Burkel. He used to own Autographs America. 

I'm glad you asked here.

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