Just wondering

Like his stuff, but do not know about the signatures so I am asking the board to help. He is a UACC and manuscript member but has sold a lot of Bogarts and signatures I want.

He is:

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Permalink Reply by john reznikoff on November 6, 2010 at 8:27pm

Link?

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Permalink Reply by Chris Maksylewicz on November 6, 2010 at 8:32pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/HUMPHREY-BOGART-MALTESE-FALCON-DISPLAY-ALL-ACTO...

this is just one of his many pieces

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Permalink Reply by john reznikoff on November 6, 2010 at 8:45pm

Hard to say....I would show to RR auction and see what they say

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Permalink Reply by john reznikoff on November 6, 2010 at 8:46pm

What I can see of their other stuff looks pretty good

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Permalink Reply by Lou reves on November 6, 2010 at 8:59pm

John does his frank sinatra look good?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Miller on December 23, 2010 at 8:44pm

Nope his SInatra (in his Completed auctions) is a very Bad (unskilled) Forgery

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 6, 2010 at 10:35pm

We ran a signature study on Bogart by Tricia Eaton. Here's a link:
http://rrauction.com/content/pdf/Autograph_Magazine_Humphrey_Bogart...

This dealer has a lot of autographs with LOAs by Frank Garo--including this piece. That doesn't make me hopeful.

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Permalink Reply by DB on November 7, 2010 at 1:54am

Steve - rez is offering a hard to say on HB but "looks good" on others but you are casting some doubt on the LOA from Frank Garo - que pasa?

Then since someone is listed with UACC and manuscript member credentials (trust but verify) does this imply they are not doing their homework///

might want to move this into the EBAY section discussion for posterity.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 7, 2010 at 9:04pm

DB,

Frank Garo LOAs are often looked at like Morales LOAs. For the most part, the UACC only investigates Registered Dealers when a complaint has been filed against them by a UACC member. And then, as long as the dealer refunds the collector's money in case of a forgery, or settles the complaint to the UACC's satisfaction, that's it. The Manuscript Society does not monitor their dealers. They don't have a dealer program like the UACC has.

Checking our article on Bogart's autograph, I'm not comfortable with the one in this plaque. I'm not an expert, though.

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Permalink Reply by DB on November 7, 2010 at 1:18pm

thanks todd, and I also like the way you handled the Roy & Dale Rogers one. It's good not to divulge too much however on this thread with an ebayer you have pointed out a few things for me at least. He has authentic mixed in with non-authentic in at least 2 instances it appears.

that is prorbably the norm and the unfortunate part is many will not take the time to study something but rather execute the Trust w/o the verify. The price they will pay when they try to divest. What's more amazing is the usage of UACC and Manuscript Society as in I couldn't have any non-authenticate items.

You and Rez are good for the site. Now, like a hockey game when you hang up the skates and pads you go out for a beer or two, 'nuff said.

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Permalink Reply by john reznikoff on November 16, 2010 at 12:54pm

Regarding the Maltese Falcon ensemble that is the subject of this blog: This type of thing is not my specialty but I have handled a lot of Bogart and from the scans was not positive either way. I decided to show it to the very knowledgeable people at RR Auctions. They offered the following opinion; “These are mostly all bad (Bogart, Greenstreet, Bond, etc).” Granted this is an opinion only but one from a firm who has probably handled more of this material than anyone .