Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Buyer Beware

Is it just me, or do these two "hand signed" photos from the Marker era look an awful lot alike?

Sure, they could have signed a whole batch at once, but...ever seen that done? I have, and usually the person doing the signing isn't so careful that each signature is not only identical, but ends up in EXACTLY the same spot on the photograph and at exactly the same angle. 

I'm not saying either of these sellers is trying to put something over on buyers--one of these photos may well be the original.  Or not.  It's tough to tell from an online image, and possibly even in hard copy.  But it's worth noting that there are a lot of autographed items out there that...aren't.

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