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Milcity Collectibles - Questionable?

Hey all, Kevin here.

I've been doing research on being able to spot out fakes and what not to get used to this hobby since I'm so new, and I guess the reason for this post is reassurance towards my opinions of this seller.

The seller's name is Milcity Collectibles

Here is his/hers Ebay page:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/milcity-collectibles/m.html?_nkw=&_armr...

I have done particular research on the Slash, Drew Brees, and Rob Gronkowski autographs.

First off, starting on Slash, here is the item he has listed:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Slash-Guns-N-Roses-Rock-Signed-Autographed-...

In my opinion, it looks a little too neat to be Slash's signature when compared to this authentic example(approved by psa)

http://www.autographpros.com/images/Slash-autographed-Doubleneck-Gu...

Now the Brees autograph he has listed looks especially off:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Drew-Brees-New-Orleans-Saints-Signed-Replic...

Normally Brees adds a number 9 inscription next to his name and this signature looks unconventional compared to this approved by psa:

http://cdn102.iofferphoto.com/img3/item/483/125/373/l_drew-brees-au...

And now onto Gronk. I absolutely love the Patriots and know that Gronk has recently changed his signature when not signing for Gridiron to a simple R.G. 87. When he is with Gridiron he signs his full name.

Here is the listing he has:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rob-Gronkowski-New-England-Patriots-Signed-...

The R and the G look decent and like a regular R and G the Gronk would sign. However, his new signature is also extremely easy to forge. I am caught up on this especially.

Thoughts and opinions would be very much appreciated. Thanks so much,

Kevin

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Permalink Reply by Michael Podraza on November 14, 2012 at 12:26am

Hey Kevin,

Someone showed me this post and since I've been doing this for 20 years maybe I the seller can actually spread some light on these for you...

The Slash

One if you look at the slash and compare it to the one your showing it is extremely comparable yes mine is nicer but very comparable. I have about several slash's I can show to you one from a sit down signing at a guitar store where I even have proof of that...the one you have that's authenticated is very sloppy probably from him getting mobbed in a crowd, after each show he's doing right now with his side band and miles kennedy he lines everyone up who want's a signature and signs...

Drew Brees first off you can't compare a paid show signature to an in person one especially for Brees, Look more closely and you'll see there are more that look like mine than your example if you send me your email address I will show you a helmet he signed for me while he was at purdue every letter...there is a 9 in the brees signature it's db 9 that is how he signs 99 percent of his signatures now..I can show you signatures from his days with the chargers to one's signed last year....

and the gronk yes his every letter signature seems to be done...I have examples of those if you'd like to see and this was a one on one encounter at lax the mini is actually better than he signed the photo's. I caught him coming from a celebrity softball game as he arrived for the espy awards..later that night I caught him out with his dad and brothers hammered and those sigs were even worse...he proceeded to buy 2 hot dogs and gave the guy 20 dollars his dad told him he shouldn't sign and he was like I got this RG 69 even though he signed 87...that night he was the gronk everybody loves...

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Permalink Reply by Michael Podraza on November 14, 2012 at 12:27am

anyway shoot me an email milcitycollect@aol.com

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Permalink Reply by Carl Ryan on November 14, 2012 at 4:29am

I can only comment on the Slash signature, and to me it looks genuine. Their is a characteristic in it though that i could see maybe threw you off. The A in slash is a little atypical in this example. When Slash finishes his L and goes into the formation of the A, typically the back end of the lowercase A is made first, and then he makes the loop in the A from right to left until the A is joined, and then their is a slight trace over of the base of the A, and then it goes into the second S. This is how he seems to sign more often than not. In the above example it appears as if the A was made going from left to right, but i believe this is from signing conditions as the formation is correct, it just didnt come together like his normal A. I compared it to several examples i have from 2012 and everything looked good with the letter slant and height. The date 2012 was also spot on with its characteristics. Hope this helps.

Oh yeah, i remember their being at least one thread on here you could search for concerning Gronk signatures. You may want to ask the commentors that gave opinions on authenticty on that thread to look over the items you are worried about.

Carl