Possiable theatre fakes on UK ebay?

I saw an autographed theatre program signed by Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier by eBay seller 2010bruce2604. It looked legit but the signatures looked slightly off to me.

I had a look over the other theatre programs he had listed and sold over the past couple of weeks and they look as if they had all been signed by the same pen. I then looked over the sellers he had brought from in the last month. One seller he has brought from 10 times in the last month, all theatre program lots. Looking over their sold auctions, one seller has brought 10 things from them and although I cannot see the buyers name, I can see how much feedback they have received and it's exactly the same number as 2010bruce2604.

I found the theatre program that I was interested in buying (minus the autographs on it) and the creases inside the front cover are exactly the same.

I think that he is buying theatre programs, adding the autographs then selling them on eBay. What do you think?

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Permalink Reply by Mary Fox on June 10, 2020 at 2:14am

They all look to be signed slowly by the same hand with the same pen.
Just another Ebay chancer ruining potentially collectable programmes that I would have liked to have bid on if they weren't destroyed by the scribbling all over them.