By garm

signed LotR?

4 Jun, 2016
2016-6-4 11:24:50 AM UTC

there's an early set of LotR here, with a loose signature which has a certificate of authenticity from a UK dealer. I haven't heard or read of the Universal Autographs Collectors Club before; has anyone here heard of them, or the dealer who signed the COA? And what are the group's thoughts on the signature itself?

eBay Item #131832673208

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Trotter

4 Jun, 2016 (edited)
2016-6-4 11:45:54 AM UTC

Oh dear, have a look at this item which the COA issuer has sold, does the signature look familiar?

http://www.autographcollection.co.uk/ ... igned-display-20429-p.asp

As for the signature, I don't like the J and the initial dots are in the wrong place :(

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Stu

5 Jun, 2016
2016-6-5 9:30:04 AM UTC

As soon as I see a "Certificate of Authenticity", I assume an autograph is fake. Worthless things that are used to dodge around lack of provenance.

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garm

5 Jun, 2016
2016-6-5 8:18:41 PM UTC

yes; but I've never seen a UK one before. I think it's odd.

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Stu

5 Jun, 2016
2016-6-5 9:47:17 PM UTC

Agreed. I've always felt the COA was a shady "internet seller" practice, popular in the USA. I think I have seen one or two in the UK, but certainly much less common there. i think the culture is different, and the COAs perhaps became popular the US through baseball cards, etc.

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