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Looks like Lionel Messi has been at it again! It has been rumoured more than once that Messi gets his brother to signed items for him the lazy so and so! He gets paid very well for signing items for at least two companies, and it looks as though he has done it again with Topps! I am amazed that such a large company are seemingly unable to ensure th..

The best COA for an autograph? Not an easy question to answer, as most genuine dealers will tell you that a COA is in most cases a worthless piece of paper! A COA only has a value if it has been provided by a reputable company, and one that backs that item with a full lifetime guarantee. A COA from a third party (i.e. not the person who is sell..

Should you frame your valuable autographs? Simple answer, no! Framing autographs or signed photos can be a costly business and in many cases may ruin your valuable signed item. We see a lot of framed items that have been ruined by careless framers, and framing an item will make it far more difficult to sell at a later date. We are offered items eve..

If you have purchased a signed item which you now believe to not be authentic, then you may want to get a refund! however, that is not always as easy as it seems as most forgers are clever enough to distance themselves from you in a number of ways. First, where did you buy it? UK or overseas? If you bought it overseas then the chances of you gettin..

I get calls on a very regular basis regarding signed posters. These are almost always multi signed posters from the latest films and signed by all the biggest stars, Star Wars and The Godfather seem to be the most common. The question I get is always the same "Are these signatures on the poster genuine, as I am now not sure!" Most of these posters ..

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..

We have all heard of it, and we all use it at sometime or the other, but should we consider buying autographs via those on Facebook? Because of my previous post about obtaining a refund on eBay from a fake seller, I have had a several emails asking me about items that customers have purchased via people on Facebook. These 'sellers' appear to be sim..

For the third time in as many weeks, I have been asked to talk on radio about selfies and autographs! This is usually triggered by a newspaper or media article about a star who will have said they get more requests for Selfies than autographs, but find them tiresome or similar. On this occasion I was called by the Simon Mayo Radio 2 show to appea..

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 ..