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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on April 10, 2015 at 3:16pm

I'm not an expert by any means but I do not like this autograph.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Jones on April 10, 2015 at 4:09pm

To be fair I checked through his feedback and he has sold alot of signed items, quite a few over $2000 and always received perfect feedback. What I'm saying is that he would have been found out by now I would have thought as surely when people spend out that sort of money for a signed item, they would want lots of proof/provenance? 

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Permalink Reply by bernie chatzky on April 11, 2015 at 4:25pm

No way this is a real Fidel Castros's autograph.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Jones on April 11, 2015 at 4:31pm

Do you have alot of experience in castros signature, sorry I have had to ask for other peoples opinion, Obviously if I had the depth of knowledge you have sir, then I wouldn't need to ask.

When you say the seller sells cheap crap to build up feedback, thats not accurate as his profile shows he has sold alot of items for over $1500. I'm not saying if he is lrgit or not, but thought it was fair to make that point.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on April 11, 2015 at 7:11am

you should do your own research. either that, or just believe the perfect feedback and waste your money. this is a secretarial signature.  if you are looking for a cheap authentic Sinatra autograph, you will likely end up with a forgery.  here is a link discussing different Sinatra styles, including secretarial.   I really suggest that you study this, and any other celbs whose autograph you are looking to obtain:

http://uacc.org/sinatra_study.php

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Permalink Reply by Paul Jones on April 11, 2015 at 9:02am

Sorry to be a pain, but can you give me your opinion on the following please? 

Fidel Castro Signed Autograph

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on April 11, 2015 at 7:54am

In all fairness to you and the seller. This is the place to ask for opinions on autographs. Most of the time you will get a response even if it's not the one you want. All sellers have their strengths and weaknesses. Nobody knows it all and even the best ones make an error from time to time. Not rendering an opinion on this seller just on this particular request because I didn't look at any of his other listings or ever consider a seller's feedback when looking at an item I am interested in. I have an interest in vintage Hollywood exclusively and over the years having seen hundreds of signatures I simply have a picture in my head of what a particular signer's authentic signature should look like. If it doesn't match my "picture" I don't care who authenticated it I walk err run away. I'm not right all the time but at least I am satisfied if I end up owning it. That is what counts in the end.

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Permalink Reply by bernie chatzky on April 11, 2015 at 4:20pm

I hear the voice of reason.

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Permalink Reply by bernie chatzky on April 11, 2015 at 4:24pm

Feedback at ebay means nothing, just recently without mention names I heard this statement directly from an ebay employee: IN THE BEGINNING YOU HAVE TO SELL GENERIC USELESS CRAP TO GAIN YOUR REPUTATION AS A SELLER, ONCE YOU ARE ESTABLISHED AS A SELLER WITH GOOD FEEDBACK THEN YOU CAN SELL ANT'S POOP AS CLAIM IT IS AN APHRODISIAC.

That statement just blew my mind.

Is common sense, if one seller sells fakes, then  all of his stock is the same.

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