Edited by The late Stu on 2026-2-11 11:37:12 PM UTC Edited by The late Stu on 2026-2-12 12:17:58 AM UTC
2026-2-11 11:36:02 PM UTC
Luckyshot wrote:
The late Stu wrote:
And another from the same seller, who is openly faking Tolkien signatures. I have reported the seller. If others could to the same, would be great.
Really shows though, you don't want to buy cut signatures. Practice enough, and these become plausible fakes.
I guess the plan is to make a little scrap on this while he improves his forgeries? Admit they are fakes and don't charge too much, then sign something worth more for a big payday down the road.
That certainly feels like a possibility. Hard to see any other reason to be doing this. At least eBay have taken the item down. I pointed out that the Tolkien signature is a registered trademark of The Tolkien Estate and HarperCollins.
If everyone just continues to report this kind of crap every time it happens, might make a tiny bit of progress. I'd strongly suspect 90% of what this seller sells is actually fake (signed cards, etc).
Edited by The late Stu on 2026-2-17 8:34:18 PM UTC
2026-2-17 8:33:41 PM UTC
"Some surface marks including some pen" apparently. Not sure I'd quite describe those as "surface marks", personally. Hopefully no one is dumb enough to spend £130 on this.
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