Queen

Hi everybody,

I would like to challenge you and ask, if you think, that the autographs at the attached files are true or fake.

Thanks for sharing your opinion.

cheers,

Hassan

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Permalink Reply by Hassan Claussen on April 14, 2013 at 3:45pm

DAvid,

I admit, my start was not good and I have apologized for it.

I am just puzzled, that so many people can be sure, that the sigs are fake (I don't refer to the story of my adventure, that I have shared) and that makes me believe, that the autographer-collectors community obviously has an issue.

Think about this for one moment: You have personally collected an autograph of a famous celebrity and you ask some people of an opinion (with a good start or bad one...) and eveybody says it's a fake. But you KNOW, it's authentic. Wouldn't you also start to be irritated about these "experts"?

And I don't know what you are talking about Hendrix or whatever. Google me and you know, who I am.

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Permalink Reply by David on April 14, 2013 at 4:19pm

Allright. I'm certainly no expert on autographs, and I have no clue what the band members signatures look like since this is the first time I've ever seen Queen autographs, but speaking as a totally neutral party it looks like you would have a hard time selling these without first sending them to some authenticating company and have them use high-technology authentication tools like the Video Spectral Comparator and do some sort of Ink/Medium Analysis.

Because people in general obviously doesn't believe they are real.

Did you ask other people for their opinion before coming to AML? You've had these signatures for many years now, how come you decided to "test the experts" at this point in time? Would you even need to? I mean, you already know they are real.

Like I said, I have no opinion on whether they are real or not, but if they are genuine then congratulations to you, and try to take better care of the LP's. At least put them in plastic sleeves!

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Permalink Reply by Tyler Gray on April 14, 2013 at 4:40pm

I don't understand why anyone is giving him a hard time about the signatures still looking "fresh" so to speak. I have plenty of autographs that were signed 20+ years ago that look like they were signed recently. Do you all just display your autographs with sunlight constantly hitting it so that it fades!? Seriously, they don't fade unless they hit UV rays. Mine look just fine whether they were signed yesterday or 20-30 years ago.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Ryan on April 14, 2013 at 5:50pm

The reason he is getting a hard time Tyler, isnt b/c the autographs look fresh. I have tons of fresh looking autographs that are quite old. People are giving him a hard time for 2 reasons.

One is that he came on this board to try and test the members. Which is a ridiculous practice, and will ultimately result in members not commenting on threads at all.

And two, and the biggest reason, is b/c the autographs are blatant fakes. Not only are all the autographs fake, but they were signed by the same hand.

The autographs looking new does raise some suspicions on old items, but it means nothing in the long run. The signatures are what matters, and these are fake.

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Permalink Reply by Alastair Mulholland on April 14, 2013 at 10:56pm

Its a bit strange that he got 5 albums signed at the same time,why not be happy just with 1?

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Permalink Reply by Rich on April 14, 2013 at 5:57pm

In the context of albums that look well aged, worn, creased, faded etc. - I think it's a valid question as to why the signature ink looks pristine.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on April 14, 2013 at 5:25pm

Am I the only one who has noticed a recent increase in the number of discussions being posted to unnecessarily test the authentication skills of members? Collectors will continue to offer opinions here regardless.

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Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on April 15, 2013 at 3:53pm

Exactly - collectors offering opinions. There are a few paid pros on here, but most people are amatuers (me included) just giving the opinions that these posters are asking for! Other than that I could almost see this guy sneering when he kept saying the "experts"on here. Some people seem to be just coming on here just to try to discredit this site.