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Almost every week i am asked to give an opinion on a Muhammad Ali signed item that is also signed aka Cassius Clay. These signed images are most common in the larger sizes and were sold i believe in the hundreds by various sellers here in the UK in the early 2000's. In some cases they were multi signed and sold as "Champions Forever" with various o..

Every day I am asked to check items for authenticity via my "Quick Opinion" service. The bad news is that over 50% prove to be fake in some way, but many of the buyers will simply not accept that what they have purchased is not authentic, and send me all kinds of reasons why the item must be genuine! "It has a COA with it so it must be genuine"....

I know I have covered this before but its a question that is asked so often by customers "hello, is this autograph genuine" asked when looking to buy an item from our website, and a very common question asked of any dealer. Two old sayings come to mind here the first "there is no such thing as a dumb question, only dumb people who ask questions" an..

If you need a signed item checked, then you will see that there are a number of companies around that will give you a free authentication on your signed items, but before you send off your scans or items you should ask yourself why they would offer this not so easy service for free? You might think that its a good business ploy, offer a free serv..

Another very common question, and the answer is yes we can. It's something we do every day for ourselves and of course for customers who need a value for insurance, probate or maybe they simply want to sell them on, but we do make a charge for this service as it can take some time. That said, its not as simple as it may seem....... First, to be..

That is a question I get asked almost every day, but when questioned about the autographs I will be told exactly where when and how they were obtained, and offered photos of them being signed. So the question should really be "why do you want me to authenticate signatures that you yourself have obtained in person and have photographic evidence of a..

I offer a Quick Opinion service for signed items via the "Quick Opinion" service on the site, and recently i have been getting an increasing number of requests to check Christmas cards signed by Prince Charles and Diana, and Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. In almost every case these items contain Autopen signed signatures but are being sold as ..