Authenticity:
Whether you are a dedicated collector or intending to buy an item as a gift the most important factor in purchasing an autographed item is, of course, ensuring its authenticity. One solution to this problem is to buy only from reputable dealers, like SignedSports.Com who offer a lifetime guarantee of authenticity and provide Certificates of Authenticity for every item sold.
Most, not all, autographs that appear on internet auction sites are fake. This is why their price appears to be extremely good. The sad fact is that people are paying money for pictures that are worthless. Like all things in life you get what you pay! Consider this, if an autograph appears to be at a price that is to good to be true, then it probably isn't true!
Many factors are taken into consideration when SignedSports authenticate any item. We have a large reference library of comparison signatures, as well as examples of known secretarial, autopen and printed examples.
A personality will develop certain idiosyncrasies of signing; whether in the position of a signature on a photograph or adding a typical inscription. Another factor to take into consideration is the 'speed' of the signature i.e.: does it look as if it has been drawn rather than signed.
Autopen can be recognised by the trained eye as the machine has problems with straight lines and thus produces 'squiggles'. Finally one always has to be on the look out for obvious mistakes - in spelling of names, dates of signatures obtained after a celebrity's death etc. Whilst an early photograph can bear an example of a later signature obviously a photograph taken in later years cannot bear an early signature.
Every item we offer for sale is covered by the SignedSports.Com Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity so you can buy from us with complete confidence.
In the unlikely event that any signature proves to be non-authentic, we will upon request refund the full original purchase price to the original owner of the item provided that it is returned to us together with the sales invoice in the same condition as when it was sold.
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