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Another freddie mercury

It's apparently on some sort of piece of paper from their wembley concert in 86. I've seen so many and unsure which are fake and real, they all look the same so it's hard to tell the difference

Thanks in advance

Pete

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Permalink Reply by A.B. on July 30, 2014 at 11:53am

This is a bad fake imo

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Permalink Reply by Innuendo on July 30, 2014 at 7:57pm

Saw this on eBay. Terrible. Stay away.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Wiley on July 31, 2014 at 2:42pm

Yes, that's where I saw it too. I wish I had more experience and knowledge of his signature. I guess one day I'm just going to have to save for a known authentic one

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Permalink Reply by Innuendo on July 31, 2014 at 4:10pm

Yes, Freddie has passed on, so there a 're a limited amount of genuine sigs in circulation. He isn't around to sign anymore, so that plays a big part on the prices you'll see for genuine ones. If you ever see one going for less than $350, chances are it's probably not good. Freddie just isn't cheap

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Permalink Reply by Innuendo on August 3, 2014 at 12:00pm

sorry, but I do not believe that one is genuine either. There's many things wrong with it and the Roger is not good. The Brian looks fine though. I've seen the set on eBay and didn't go near it.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on August 3, 2014 at 5:31pm

How exactly is he the best in the business? He buys and sells autographs. He might be good but those who buy signatures risk obtaining sigs that are not always authentic. Nobody is an expert on everyone.

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Permalink Reply by Innuendo on August 3, 2014 at 11:46pm

Rick is correct. I ran this past queenmuseum who had an exhibition made from part of his queen signature collection promoted by Brian May on his social media, and he agrees is very fake. If you've seen that kind of Freddie berfore, then you've seen a few fakes. He is not the best in the business if he believes that to be genuine. I'm sorry. No need to get so upset.

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Permalink Reply by Innuendo on August 3, 2014 at 11:50pm

Authenticators like Markus are great. But they don't specialize in every band. That's just not possible. They have a few reference examples to compare it to, yes. But people like Queenmuseum have dedicated their lives to specializing and collecting THAT specific band.I'm not saying everything the guy sells is bad. I'm only saying this item is not good. I'm sure he's an honest guy. But everybody gets burned, man. Myself included.

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Permalink Reply by Fran on August 4, 2014 at 2:07am

I agree with you all. We were not there when Freddie signed this. And everybody gets burned. But you can't say a signature is a forgery just because it's slightly different. Roger Taylor used to sign different ways (look attatched sigs) and Freddie sometimes was a disaster when signing. Sometimes he didn't stop walking when he signed to a fan.
I don't see a forgery here. These are autographs I've seen before and in my opinion, genuine.

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Permalink Reply by Innuendo on August 4, 2014 at 11:32am

Those have geuine characteristics though, and although this Freddie is sloppy I can see its good. I'm very aware of what a rushed Freddie looks like. The one MB has for sale does not have any good characteristics- even for a "rushed" sig. His Roger looks so shaky it looks traced. The bleeding in certain parts of the signature show hesitation. That's the oldest trick in the book for spotting a fake.