Opinions on ebay seller: bondcollectibles

http://www.ebay.com/usr/bondcollectibles

What are your thoughts on this seller? Frankly, I don't know much about Bond autographs, but I came accross some lesser-known actors I'm trying to fill from other films. Is it a mixed bag? Are most okay? I can tell you they relist the same image for sale and ship different autographs than what is pictured. That means there are multiples of some. They claim to do signings with some of these actors. They are located in Germany.

They have a website as well, where items are listed for much higher than they seem to go on ebay:

http://bondcollectibles.de/index.php

Thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by JXE on December 4, 2012 at 9:29am

I think the last name is the biggest giveaway on those Dench sigs.

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Permalink Reply by Binx on December 4, 2012 at 10:41am

So you think both Dench's are forgeries? How about the others?

Just for others who may be reading that don't know about this seller. These are pictures listed by the seller. The autographs I thought I was buying.

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Permalink Reply by JXE on December 4, 2012 at 11:28am

What I'm saying is that on Dench, the last name gets very sloppy and turns into just lines. Even on other signatures of hers I've seem although they sometimes get sloppy, they have a certain "form" to them. Then, consider this: Why does her last name get real sloppy, and then all of a sudden there is a neat "M - 007" on them. If she was going to take the time to add those (and on multiple, multiple, multiple photos), wouldn't she write her last name with the same level of care as everything else?

That style of Craig signature is un-authenticatable, in my opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Binx on December 4, 2012 at 11:52am

I understand that. To me her last name on these looks no more sloppy then her James Bond Archives case incentive card. The "M in 007" doesn't looks that neat imo. Not sure if she is known to give autos with that bit included. As far as the Craig goes, Yeah I was expecting to get a DC, I wanted orginally to get his full signature, but settled for a DC. Instead I got just a D. Yes, I agree, it's hard to authenticate a single letter. Maybe forgerers do this on purpose? I haven't seen any psa/dna Daniel Craig photos with just the D. Maybe he has done his sig like that before. Who knows. =/

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Permalink Reply by Binx on December 4, 2012 at 12:10pm

Sorry, I didn't mean to sound rude. I do appreciate the input, so thank you!

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Permalink Reply by Ryan on January 27, 2013 at 11:48am

So what's everyones thoughts on this seller? They seem to have too many autographs on the same photos from incredible hard to get stars such as Sean Connery and Christopher Lee.

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Permalink Reply by Fredrik Nyman on February 19, 2013 at 3:24pm

Yeah, I'm wondering too..Could anyone tell me their opinion of the Chris Lee that are up for auction? /F

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Permalink Reply by James Lafaman on November 17, 2014 at 3:37pm

I very rarely comment in this forum. Saw this one and said ok, I will render an opinion. I think what often happens with some of these big sellers is that they rely on other people to get them inventory. Some are good and some are not. I am not saying that this is the case here. But I do know quite a few major dealers who do this. I have a Corrine Clery from Bond and it matches almost exactly to another one that I just got in person in October. I am 100% certain that it is good. Now that said, it is possible that they have some that are not. Some pay people who do this to eat. I know someone who hounds Bruce Springsteen like nothing I have ever seen before. He just showed me 12 items he got. How does he get 12? He is an overly aggressive hound that just dogs Bruce until he relents. He brings a posse to offset the "only 1" signer. Of course the signatures trail off after the first few, yet they are all legit. It's just really, really difficult to call someone out for slight imperfections. Bruce is as difficult as they come, but this guy has at least 50. Again, many use other people for their inventory and I am sure it is not beyond some of the "others" to forge a graph if it means they won't get to eat that day. You need to really know your signatures and do your best to know the seller and his or her sources. Even the best sellers use surrogates at times and no one in this hobby gets it 100% right. Not even the paid experts.