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Are my U2 autographs authentic or not?

Hi there, I am a life long U2 fan and recently bought an autographed vinyl. I am really hoping these are authentic! It am with a COA but I just wanted a few other opinions. I'd be very grateful for your opinions and help. Sorry the picture quality and light isn't great.

Tags: Authentic, Autograph, Bono, Fake, Help, Music., Real, U2, Vinyl

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Permalink Reply by Jack rowley on March 23, 2013 at 2:53pm

The picture is an attachment

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Permalink Reply by Rich on March 23, 2013 at 4:00pm

I really don't like any of the signatures (is Edge smeared?), but the first thing I noticed was that the Clayton and Mullen sigs look really problematic. For me, Clayton is the quickest dealbreaker. The lettering is far too smooth and none of the pen strokes look indicative of his writing style.

The Bono sig looks like it started right but trailed off. The Edge one is kind of inconclusive, since it's light, rushed and smeared.

But the Clayton and Mullen signatures look similar to the UK MIdlands forgeries that are extremely prevalent on Ebay. The second I brought this pic up, I thought's what it was for sure.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Smith on March 23, 2013 at 4:41pm

Get your money back.

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Permalink Reply by Jack rowley on March 23, 2013 at 4:47pm

That bad?

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Permalink Reply by Bjarne Soderholm on March 23, 2013 at 6:58pm

Yes. This is that bad. One of the worst I have ever seen.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Ryan on March 24, 2013 at 1:32am

Unbelievable,

I keep seeing this same style of horrid forgery over and over on ebay. They always forge this crap on the Vinyl itself. And its always in the same silver marker for the most part. And each time they are just horrible, and this is no exception. In my opinion, i would not buy anything signed on the actual vinyl, unless their was some great provenance, and i mean great. These forgeries are just everywhere on ebay. As fast as one gets taken down, another account is opened, and they go back up. Somewhere on here, i posted a thread concerning this same forgery style.

I would do the same as mentioned by the others.. insist on a refund, no exception. Get paypal involved quickly, as you can file a claim under item not as described. The seller will likely say that they wont except a return, or else give you ridiculous stipulations you have to follow in order to return it. If that happens, immediately hit them with a paypal claim.