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Permalink Reply by Peter C. on January 22, 2014 at 1:17pm

Sorry, but its really bad fake.

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Permalink Reply by A.B. on January 22, 2014 at 1:25pm

Yes, it's a fake. Sorry

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Permalink Reply by James Stone on January 22, 2014 at 2:13pm

Yep fake. That sucks. I hate seeing Queen fans get taken, since I am a huge Queen fan. Hopefully you can learn from this. There are tons of Mercury forged sigs so you have to be real careful. A real one is also somewhat difficult to come by. Also, COA's are only as good as the person issuing them. Always research a company first. Do they have a good reputation? Do they offer a money back guarantee if it doesn't pass 3rd party authentication? Also compare known real examples to the item you are purchasing. If you look at many real examples long enough, fake ones will be easy to spot. This is an obvious fake.

Another dead give away is the price. $200 is not the going rate. For a real Mercury sig (if you are lucky enough to fine one) you are talking $600-$800 or more.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Ryan on January 22, 2014 at 2:24pm

Prestige Autographs sell basically nothing but forgeries.

When i first started collecting i purchased a Ringo autograph from them for i think 80 bucks (8 by 10). Of course i thought i got a good deal, lol. It was a blatant fake. I dont even know if they are still in business, but last time i looked at there page (years ago) there was nothing but fakes listed. Oh yeah, they also refused to refund me my money when i called them out on the Ringo fake years ago. I would fight for my refund. I kinda just sucked it up, but looking back on it, i wish i would have fought them for it.

Good luck

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on January 22, 2014 at 3:00pm

As Carl says, Prestige are just a forgery shop.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Board on January 23, 2014 at 11:16pm

This may be the worst fake Freddie I've ever seen.

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