Friend of this site, Jack Reynolds posed a question to the readers if they had ever heard of Wynnco.  He had bought a few items from them including a Cream album and a Ringo and thr Allstar Band signed cymbal:

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/have-anyone-heard-of...

He contacted me about these items and I had to inform him that they were not authentic.  He told me he works very hard for his money and that he would do everything he could to see that no one else would be hurt by this company.

Jack and I exchanged much information over the last 6 months regarding these items.  He also contacted the cymbal company and gave them the serial number on the cymbal and it was from 7 years after the cymbal was said to have been signed.  This along with the information I provided was used for his case.

After contacting every agency he could including the BBB and the state trade commission, he was informed that the company had been closed down and they had confiscated some of the items he had for sale on his site.

WYNNCO had been doing business through Goldmine Magazine and the internet for over 20 years, selling items that were not authentic.  It is such a great feeling to see these types of businesses go under for selling bogus material, and being able to help out in the way I did makes it feel even better. 

I hope this is a wakeup call to all the galleries and online sellers of bogus music autographs that we have only begun to fight.  The ball has been rolling for some time and the bad guys are getting stung one by one.  I joined this fight years back to help the collectors in making sure that their investments are authentic.  I have taken a lot of heat including being sued but like the State of South Carolina said "my opinion carries a lot of weight".

I'm not sure what is next in store for WYNNCO but I think criminal charges aren't far behind.  Let's just see what happens next, but like Steve Cyrkin says, these bad dealers are "dead men walking"! 

Another huge stride in "The Fight Against Forgeries!"