From: dahoov2@cox.net   
      
   Very true.  My problem lies in the very good dealer who has good stuff   
   that starts getting sloppy or perhaps just greedy and then starts   
   buying things willy nilly and then turning it around without even   
   looking for it's authenticness and selling it to the general public   
   (and at absurd prices to boot).  We cannot as consumers stand for it.   
   Posters for 1200-1900 bucks all forgeries?  Hell no.   
      
   On Sun, 4 May 2008 22:09:09 -0500, "Gummby3"    
   wrote:   
      
   >Maybe Strickler did buy some fakes in lots.  Anybody that collects   
   >autographs, unless you get EVERY one of them in person, has gotten a   
   >bad apple in their collection at one point or another.  If they say   
   >that they haven't they are either 1) lying or 2) in denial.  Again,   
   >not to beat a dead horse, but the same question pops into my mind when   
   >these "professionals" are brought up: Who authenticates the   
   >authenticators?  Since these people did not see the item signed   
   >themselves, they are only guessing and taking people's money for   
   >giving a 50/50 answer.  It makes me think of those carnies that take   
   >money to guess your weight...  they might be right by approximating   
   >weight by appearance or they might be wrong.  These "authenticators"   
   >are doing no more and no less.  They state their opinion by comparing   
   >to other examples, but everybody's signatures varies by day, year or   
   >circumstance.  I have convention-signed autographs by some celebs that   
   >don't match examples on Autograph World and other reputable dealers,   
   >but I have proof that the item was signed.  Why were they different?   
   >By the final day of a 3-day con and several hundred people, your   
   >signature will not even look exactly like it did on the first day. :-)   
      
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