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   Oh I will.  Portman is a tough signature though.  Like Ford, they got   
   good at forging her sig.  In a way, it's easy to do hers I'd think   
   because it's so common looking and careful.  I do have some charity   
   sig examples on my site to check against...  and i know lately she's   
   loosened up on signing but still no SW stuff.  Her and Neeson are not   
   good about SW stuff.  Neeson has signed some though not too long ago.   
      
   If you are selling good stuff (only you really know) and he's selling   
   bad stuff in your opininion, I can see why mad.  But I also see two   
   dealers slamming each other (sometimes that happens when one is   
   fearing competition).  So you gotta understand where people on this   
   board are coming from....   
      
   I think you have a point; the education of buyers is not up to par.   
   On that you are right; the reason?  Laziness!  But to me, money is   
   more important and my reputation than being lazy.  then again, I have   
   a two lazy ass kids who wait to the last minute for everything.  My   
   son today just called for help filing his taxes and didn't have all   
   his W2's.  He was too lazy to call for it.  Turns out he never sent   
   them a change of address and it'll be at least a week or two before he   
   gets it now... and tax time draws very near.  What are you gonna do?   
   you can preach all day long and end up not accomplishing a damned   
   thing. I feel like that lots.   
      
   On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:34:51 -0700 (PDT), barefoot   
    wrote:   
      
   >you're right...and i could be taking this all the wrong way...but   
   >people have been telling him for years to question his   
   >source...including myself...i didn't go into a public forum at first.   
   >but he's threatened me with violence and the like, so i'm perfectly   
   >willing to go ahead and ramsack his name (it's not good anyway)...   
   >and he makes claims that ebay uses him to see if stuff is good   
   >etc...which just isn't the case.   
   >   
   >and sue, if you would...check out just HOW MANY natalie portman signed   
   >star wars items he has on his site...if you can agree about the bloom   
   >(albeit not 100%, i understand) i'm certain that you've heard that she   
   >doesn't sign star wars items at all (if she even signs at all)..but he   
   >has more than 5...it's that simple...   
   >   
   >my point about the benning,hall,hathaway thing...   
   >just look closely to the A in the begining of each name...and simple   
   >person who has watched people sign anything (notecards, pieces of   
   >paper, checks etc.) and you can really start to tell that these are   
   >all the same (size, shape etc) and they all loop into the next letter   
   >exactly the same way (not even kind of, but exactly)... it's a real   
   >simple read...   
   >   
   >maybe i shouldn't put myself as the end all, be all of spotting this   
   >kind of stuff..but it doesn't take an adept mind to see that these are   
   >the same. maybe he is close to being the same as the other guy's   
   >anthony michael hall (and i'm waiting word from anthony himself as he   
   >makes a living selling his autograph- i'm sure he's interested in   
   >this.)   
   >   
   >i'll tell you what...and i'll offer this to strickler...i'll put my   
   >money where my mouth is...as per usual..   
   >let me pick out 100 of his items and have him send them to the   
   >authentication houses (GAI, PSA, James Spence) and if an ANY ONE of   
   >them comes back as real, i'll buy them all and pay the charges...but   
   >if they all come back as bogus, he has to close up shop FOREVER...it's   
   >a substantial loss for me too as it would be well over $2000 out of my   
   >pocket...what could he possibly lose? but i truly don't see one item   
   >on his site that i would even possibly think is real. and even though   
   >the authentication houses are suspect on many occassions, they can't   
   >get them all wrong. these are the only companies that ebay accepts..so   
   >they HAVE TO be the only ones we can accept at this time..but i would   
   >invite him to use all 3, not just one or the other.   
   >   
   >i am doing due diligence and looking for other sources to compare his   
   >autographs to others. i posted the clint eastwoods and the matt   
   >damons, from 90+% reliable sources. i'll do more if anyone thinks it's   
   >necessary...and i can provide timelines etc. i have a lot of this   
   >stuff in my personal collection too (but i also know that by just   
   >saying that they are MY personal items, doesn't really amount to a   
   >hill of beans) but i can show that my stuff looks like their stuff and   
   >that his stuff doesn't look like anyone elses...   
   >   
   >i'm really not trying to be the judge and jury...but the education   
   >level of buyers still isn't up to par..and people are getting   
   >burned..but this and other sellers...and i think strickler is getting   
   >burned, he just wants so badly to trust his sources.   
   >m   
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