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"signed bootlegs" sold by a frenchman... the signature isn't even close to Von's classic signature, the worst part is that he obviously make some money out of it

Ghostriderz http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SISTERS-OF-MERCY- ... dZViewItem

Disguised in Black http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SISTERS-OF-MERCY- ... dZViewItem

I don't even think he'd sign bootlegs.

I have more than 3000 records and 600-700 are signed by many artists meet in Paris before or after their show.

He doesn't say the records were signed by those who made them.

xfloorshowx wrote: sold by a frenchman

but there is plenty sign by on ebay, this guy went to a gig with TSOM vinyls flight case and ask to sign all

any pics to prove it

omg
this is terrible
call the police!

lachert wrote:call the police!

Run and get the fire brigade
Get the fire brigade
See the buildings start to really burn!

..oops, sorry, regressed into psychedelia there. As you were...

I've much the same sig on a copy of Obscure in Darkness (Frankfurt 85) - in pen on the inner sleeve - that I bought years ago. Luckily I didn't pay anything over the odds for it, but it does show that it's been going on for years now.

Ozpat wrote:

I don't even think he'd sign bootlegs.

he's signed loads of bootlegs

the second one looks fairly close to me. possibly the E is a wee bit too short

I think the sigs look OK. The second one is almost definitely fine.

>I think the sigs look OK. The second one is almost definitely fine.

have you ever seen an original ones ?

paint it black wrote:

Ozpat wrote:

I don't even think he'd sign bootlegs.

he's signed loads of bootlegs

Was waiting for it...

taylor wrote:>I think the sigs look OK. The second one is almost definitely fine.

have you ever seen an original ones ?

A couple. Plus there's the printed one on the sleeve to Some Girls Wander to compare

lachert wrote:call the police!

Call the church!

>Plus there's the printed one on the sleeve to Some Girls Wander to compare

look very different to the sgwbm ones, isnt it ?

Would it be an idea to put some scans of known genuine autographs into the imagebank, just so folks can have a reference to compare with when thinking about whether or not to buy something like this?

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Edit: Incidentally, I've a signed copy of Gary's Pretty Black Dots sampler. Is this the norm or did I get something different there?

this is my only one, on first page of "crime and punishment":

This one looks as if he'd been seriously intoxicated

mh wrote:Would it be an idea to put some scans of known genuine autographs into the imagebank, just so folks can have a reference to compare with when thinking about whether or not to buy something like this?

Or for reference when we'd want to boost the value of our own records

Kidding, obviously

_emma_ wrote:This one looks as if he'd been seriously intoxicated

it was 2 hours after krakow gig. he was tired. and my scanner dosn't work properly at last

sisterstekland wrote:

xfloorshowx wrote: sold by a frenchman

but there is plenty sign by on ebay, this guy went to a gig with TSOM vinyls flight case and ask to sign all

any pics to prove it

come on now, you wouldn't really expect him to spend 3 hours taking pictures just to prove something, would you

FWIW IMO all these signature / autographs (including the SGWBM sample) lie within a reasonable range for being genuine.

OK I'm not a handwriting expert. But a signature is a lot harder to do a convincing fake of than it looks. Just try for yourselves...

paint it black wrote: the second one looks fairly close to me. possibly the E is a wee bit too short

The end part of Eldritch in the first one looks spot on to me.
I have a couple of signed original albums.