autographed albums

[drummergrl]

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http://maine.craigslist.org/bar/4460115377.html
http://maine.craigslist.org/clt/4463987985.html


there appears to be some interesting items here (Imagine signed by Lennon & Ono!). Unfortunately no prices.

 

[joel27]

If he has letters of authenticity then he's got shot some good items for sale. Otherwise it's just graffiti.

 

[drummergrl]

I have a CD that I personally waited for to be signed from the singer after a concert but I have no letter of authenticity to go with it. Couldn't the same thing have happened with records in any number of situations?

 

[Sam Cogley]

There are experts that can verify autographs, and letters of authenticity can be faked or just be scams in the first place.

 

[joel27]

I'm sure you have legit signatures as do I of Tony hawk and other professional skaters and sports stars but with out the letter of authenticity the value is to you or I only.

 

[Sam Cogley]

You put way too much faith in a piece of paper. No legitimate high-end autograph dealer relies on certificates alone, they have experts verify signatures.

 

[joel27]

I'm not disputing that Sam. Just saying that if you don't have any proof it's tougher to sell.

 

[jeremyjustic]

Thanks to the widespread sports autograph scams of the 90's and early 2000's, certificates of authenticity are worthless, give me 5 min and I'll make you a C.O.A. for anything you want. I'll even print it out on some nice fancy card stock.

sadly counterfeit autographs are so widespread that they render almost all autographs worthless.

 

[thomo57]

I've picked up quite a few signed records over the years.
Some you can check on the internet to do a bit of a writing analysis of your own.
Compare different signatures from as many different sources to get a feel for them.
I forget which one but I did exactly that with one of mine then compared mine and the others to some getting sold on that site and the ones on that site were definite forgeries.

 

[Wes_in_VA]

The whole thing has the stink of BS IMHO, plus with no prices he's breaking craigslist rules

 

[bowtie427ss]

There are experts that can verify autographs, and letters of authenticity can be faked or just be scams in the first place.

Agreed.

A letter of authenticity means nothing to me. In most cases it makes me very suspicious of a non-genuine item, and a scammer for a seller, or some poor fool sold a bill of goods by a scammer.

 

[janikphoto]

I've picked up quite a few signed records over the years.
Some you can check on the internet to do a bit of a writing analysis of your own.
Compare different signatures from as many different sources to get a feel for them.
I forget which one but I did exactly that with one of mine then compared mine and the others to some getting sold on that site and the ones on that site were definite forgeries.

Yeah, I agree. You can do some research and weed out fakes pretty easy. If you still feel you have a legit sig after your own research, then you can send off the item and pay to have an "expert" certificate generated.

The whole thing has the stink of BS IMHO, plus with no prices he's breaking craigslist rules

Not in this case, since he posted it in the barter section. He clearly states that he wants to trade for a hotrod... no "send me your best offer, this is really an auction" stated.