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Permalink Reply by Richard Booth on October 20, 2015 at 3:24pm

I would say no.

I have a signed Nirvana Heart Shaped Box CD left for sale. PM me for details. I used to run Nirvana's UK fanzine.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Plainview on October 20, 2015 at 3:43pm

Richard,

Thanks. Please PM me. I don't know how to do it. I literally just found this web site and posted my discussion topic.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on October 20, 2015 at 4:34pm

That's so cliché Richard (run the fanzine).
Dan he actually did run the fanzine.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on October 20, 2015 at 3:26pm

Daniel, the Kurt autograph image may be large enough to authenticate from, but the Nirvana piece image isn't. You are right, though, that Antiquities isn't held in high esteem here, and that's for a very good reason. GFA isn't either for the same reason. I didn't know that they used GFA.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on October 20, 2015 at 3:31pm

God no Dan.

Stay away.

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Permalink Reply by Don Webster on October 20, 2015 at 3:55pm

I've known the owner of the Antiquities shop, Toby Stoffa for a long time. We're not friends, and she likely see's so many people that she wouldn't remember my name. But she "knows" me. 

I'm just like  many of you folks... it is a fascinating place...easy to browse with lots of eye candy!!

Having said all that I would be very very careful when buying any thing from her.  I've been an Elvis collector for many years and I can say that I don't think there has ever been a time when I haven't seen fake Elvis signatures in her shop.  It's a constant. She deals with a very very well known California Elvis dealer who patrols Ebay,  buys things on the cheap and then the items are packaged up in the "Antiquities framing package display"  as only they can do it and turned into a bunch of razzle-dazzle.

Elvis isn't Kurt Cobain...I get that. But it's the business practices of the shop that we're drawing your attention  to.

If I were you I'd look elsewhere...

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Plainview on October 20, 2015 at 3:47pm

Hi and thanks for the note.  Everything at Antiquities always has at least one certification. This Kurt Cobain signed photo has full certification from GFA, principal Stephen Rocchi, ex-founder and exec with PSA, retired and then reopened his GFA company with forensic experts, paper and ink experts, and exemplar experts.  Everything is examined in person, so the certification is always solid.  It also comes with my life time money back certification, and I've been in business for 30 years, member of most of the organizations, BBB approved, Amazon approved, Chamber of Commerce.

That was Antiquities response to my asking about the Cobain autographed piece's authentication.

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Permalink Reply by J.Seah on October 20, 2015 at 3:55pm

Just type in Antiquities on the top right search box on this forum and you will get your answers.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on October 20, 2015 at 4:34pm

+1

If this isn't telling, I don't know what is. I just typed "antiquities las" into Google and look what came up as the choices:

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Permalink Reply by Rock G III on October 20, 2015 at 4:34pm

GFA is a joke and tons and tons of forgeries have their sticker.

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/ebay-mantle-dimaggio...

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on October 24, 2015 at 4:42pm

I have yet to see a GFA certificate on an authentic piece. Rocchi authenticates for crooks who sell forgeries. His resume is inflated. He doesnt see half of the stuff he places stickers on.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Plainview on October 24, 2015 at 1:26pm

And I just found out the Nirvana "In Utero" piece was authenticated by AAU a guy named Drew Max. He doesn't have a very good reputation either does he?

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