Autograph collecting is a great hobby, but unfortunately, some unscrupulous users on eBay are selling forged or otherwise unauthentic autographs. By following some simple steps, you can minimize your risk and...
How to SPOT a ILLEGAL Script or FORGERY on EBAY Most Dealers advertisting "COPIES" or "REPRINTS" are selling bootleg illegal copies of copyrighted items. BE CAREFUL of this SCAM because many are also...
Written by: Garry King . UACC Registered Dealer 179. UACC Ethics Board member.Thanks Garry for your keen insights.I hope this will help you avoid the fake Autographs on eBay. I have now been selling on eBay...
Groups such as the UACC (Univeral Autograph Collector's Club) and the FBI have estimated that as much as 80% of the autographs for sale online are not authentic. So how can you protect yourself from fakes,...
I am saddened by the amount of forged signatures being sold on eBay and the Internet in general. My particular area of expertise is the Andy Griffith Show. The amount of forged Griffith signatures is...
Did you know that many, or most of the 1960's Beatles memorablilia are either reproductions or counterfeits? Well, unfortunately, they are. Here are the reasons why. The Beatles had a short span of years when...
Buying autographs on eBay is fun, because you can build your collection fast. But wait, there's a cheaper way.It's one of the great secrets in autograph collecting.It's called "Autograph-by-mail Collecting",...
Even for a trained professional, a good autopenned signature can be very difficult to differentiate from an authentic autograph. Autopenned signatures are signed by a machine called an Auto Pen. Autopenned...
Anyone who collects astronaut autographs should be aware of the notorious autopen signature. An autopen is a machine-generated signature. Every signature is identical to the previous signature. The signer...
Even though, the industry's largest "authenticator" has recently passed a number of preprinted autographs as "authentic", recognizing a preprint is generally pretty easy. First, what is a pre-print? ...