Re: How much of the E-bay Signed stuff is real?
Date: August 2, 2007 19:34
Halup Wrote:
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> The majority of signed items on Ebay are fake.
> I've personally had hundreds of musicians, actors
> and film directors sign for me, including all 4
> current Stones, so I can usually tell the fakes
> from the real, if it's a signature from someone I
> already have. Some are real obvious, like the
> fully signed Let It Bleed LP that included Brian
> Jones, who was dead months before it ever was
> released.
>
> Most of the professional autograph collectors
> don't put their stuff on Ebay. I've run into many
> of them here in L.A. and it seems that a lot of
> them do freelance work for a company called
> Autograph World in New Jersey, so whatever they
> get, they pass onto this company who pays them.
> I'm not sure if Autograph World then puts things
> on Ebay or if they sell them to memorabilia shops
> around the world or to private collectors. It may
> be a combination of all 3 options. The
> professionals almost exclusively get 8x10 photos
> signed by celebrities, which they print up cheaply
> to minimize their cost. When it comes to
> musicians, they like to get guitar scratch plates
> or drum heads signed, which is usually a give away
> that they are a pro and not a fan. A fan generally
> gets real product signed, like LPs and cds, but
> for a pro, the biggest money is in signed guitars
> and instruments. They attach these scratch plates
> to a cheap guitar and can then sell then for much
> more than they ever could sell a signed LP or cd.
I find that those guitars on ebay that are spraypainted with Keith's picture or whatever are corny as hell. Yeah it's a shame that ebay is a huge window for collectors to put their stuff up. I saw a video once of John Mayer signing for some people outside an LA restaurant and some guy had a drum head for him to sign. He plays guitar. he said: "You know, I play guitar...ok..." Then he signs the drum head: "Helloooooo Ebay......."