Out of all of the categories of un-authentic autographs, stamped or rubber-stamped signatures are generally the easiest to detect. Rubber-stamped signatures appear on everything from photos to trading cards to...
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Even though, the industry's largest "authenticator" has recently passed a number of preprinted autographs as "authentic", recognizing a preprint is generally pretty easy. First, what is a pre-print?...
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We often receive emails from collectors asking us what certain abbreviations mean. Therefore, we wanted to create a handy guide to common autograph abbreviations for the collector. We hope you find it useful!...
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Even for a trained professional, a good autopenned signature can be very difficult to differentiate from an authentic autograph. Autopenned signatures are signed by a machine called an Auto Pen. Autopenned...
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Estimates are that as much as 80% of the autographs for sale online are not authentic. So how can you protect yourself from fakes, forgeries and the like? Here are a few simple steps from a 15 year autograph...
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