Any chance this is real?

Zod

Friend of mine found this in Value Village today (a Canadian 2nd hand chain store).   I don't think these are legit autograph's, but you never know...

2-feign-reluctance

Fantastic 45! 

gleng2

No good on the autos

lastexitlondon

Stone looks near

Spiritual_Chaos

Why would some rando fake them and put in a 2nd hand store? Who would do such a perverted thing

I'D RATHER BE

Those are not real

Yamrider

Sigs can vary so much and especially early ones signed in a real hurry, rather than the sit down signed charity items for example, but my view those look too 'off' especially Ed's to be even real signed in a hurry.

primussucks

Back in the 90's that's how their autos looked.  I think they are legit.

whoyouare72

primussucks said:

Back in the 90's that's how their autos looked.  I think they are legit.

I agree! Legit

Zod

Yah, when comparing them to autographs on ebay, only Stone's looks kind of close.   Some of the letters to look kind of familiar on the other ones, but not generally how they are signed on the ebay stuff (but as one poster mention, look a bit more like older signed stuff).  I'll give it a 75% chances probability of being fake, and 25% being real.

Maybe someone was messing around with it, and time forgot it, and it ended up in the 2nd hand store.

2-feign-reluctance

Hmmm, see you in Lost Dogs later? eBay? Collectionizzz$$$$

on2legs

Seems like its a decent chance they are legit early signatures. 

BF25394

I have a sticker Ed signed for me in 1994 and a copy of Into the Wild that he signed for my friend in 2009, and this autograph doesn't look like either one of those (and they don't look like each other), but who knows?

The fact that the signatures are in two colors could suggest that these were signed at different times by the different band members. (Or it could suggest someone trying to fake that.)

100 Pacer

💯 fake Ed signature.

on2legs

When the FBI did a big investigation into faked sports memorabilia like 15 years ago, they estimated that up to 90% of autographs were faked.

Zod

that doesn't surprise me.

matt84

Unless it’s an autograph you obtained in person, I would treat everything else as fake. Doesn’t matter if it comes with a certificate of authenticity or whatnot, there’s really no way of knowing. That’s the way I think about autographs anyway.

Loujoe

Looks goodish. I got a signed Ramones cd for a buck at a church sale. Didn't know it was signed til i got home. Super legit. Ask Ed or Mike someday. Stone won't remember.. nice!

HifromIndiana

Hi,
There are the big three authorization businesses for signatures,  Beckett, PSA-DNA, and James Spence Authorization.  Beckett Authorization will take a look at it (you can download a photo on the website).  It costs $10.  it's not the full authorization process. you won't have the certificate or sticker.  It's just a quick opinion.  
Having it authorized is not a 100% guarantee that it is authentic.  

on2legs

This one is on eBay WITH a JSA authentication.  I’m dubious.  

lastexitlondon

Eds used to look like that as I said above stones is like that . I think it's more legit than not  from older sigs

tempo_n_groove

on2legs said:

When the FBI did a big investigation into faked sports memorabilia like 15 years ago, they estimated that up to 90% of autographs were faked.

This is why Steiner and Fanatics/MLB charge so much for them now.

demetrios

matt84 said:

Unless it’s an autograph you obtained in person, I would treat everything else as fake. Doesn’t matter if it comes with a certificate of authenticity or whatnot, there’s really no way of knowing. That’s the way I think about autographs anyway.

I agree. I would never spend money if a signed item comes with a certificate of authenticity crap. If you don't obtain the item signed in person or directly from the artist ..

hihobibo

Curious, What did the item sell for? If your friend got it just for the CD at a decent value, then real sigs would just be a bonus. 

Zod

hihobibo said:

Curious, What did the item sell for? If your friend got it just for the CD at a decent value, then real sigs would just be a bonus. 

$7 Canadian. It was from Value Village, a chain of 2nd hand stores here in Canada.  No real loss on the signatures being fake

Loujoe

I vote real

100 Pacer

primussucks said:

Back in the 90's that's how their autos looked.  I think they are legit.

The item in question is a Wishlist CD single from 1998 - here’s a 1998 Cleveland poster signed by the band - note Ed’s signature at the time. The signature evolved from there but the abomination above is nothing like Ed’s early 90s signature. For reference see Stone’s and Mike’s below as well.

darthvedder

IIRC, the 10 Club used to offer autograph authentication. I have no idea if they still do that or not.

Laddie

I once got a signed picture of Eddie from ebay and it said Antonio Banderas on it. I write "said" because I have my doubts someone handed a picture of Eddie Vedder to Antonio Banderas, and he went ahead and signed it. 

Jason P

They seem legit.

Since it is cheaper than a Happy Meal, I would feel fine with advising you to acquire.