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Topic: Neil Armstrong card at Simon Parr's Auctions
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stsmithva
Member Posts: 1933
From: Fairfax, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 08-18-2015 08:11 PM
   
Simon Parr's Auctions seems to be a major British auction house, but I have seen a LOT of questionable astronaut autographs, usually supposedly of Armstrong, in the last couple of years. This one is one of the most ridiculous examples I've seen. We're talking sub-eBay-seller-with-0-feedback. I can picture someone saying, "Man, the 'N' is really hard. Ahhhh, 'X' is close enough." |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 396
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 08-18-2015 08:34 PM
Ha! I love the estimated going price of 400 to 600 GBP. Must be a hell of nice frame that the forgery is in.  |
lspooz
Member Posts: 384
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Aug 2012
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posted 08-18-2015 09:12 PM
And the photo of Gene Cernan/Apollo 17 just makes it that much better...
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randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-18-2015 09:28 PM
That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen! |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 08-19-2015 01:13 AM
And whatever happened to "one giant leap"? |
TLIGuy
Member Posts: 205
From: Virginia
Registered: Jul 2013
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posted 08-19-2015 01:22 AM
Being a British auction house it's possible that is Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones autograph. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 08-19-2015 03:53 AM
quote:
Originally posted by stsmithva:
Simon Parr's Auctions seems to be a major British auction house...
Hardly. Look for the address given on Google Street View and you'll see that it looks like a private residence. |
lspooz
Member Posts: 384
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Aug 2012
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posted 08-19-2015 05:34 AM
Several of the other astronaut signatures also appear highly suspect (especially the Neil and Buzz bootprint). |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1397
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 08-19-2015 06:32 AM
Yep, that's a heap of garbage as well. |
stsmithva
Member Posts: 1933
From: Fairfax, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 08-19-2015 06:54 AM
quote:
Originally posted by moorouge:
Look for the address given on Google Street View and you'll see that it looks like a private residence.
I can believe it operates out of someone's house. They don't seem to even have their own website, instead working through a website used by other auctioneers (who do also have their own websites). But they've had 17 auctions in the last two years, each with hundreds of lots, many selling for thousands of pounds each.That's why I'm surprised to see such terrible forgeries month after month. Like I said, they're often the kind you'd expect to see from a fly-by-night eBay seller. Although I notice that if you do a Google search for Simon Parr auctions, three of the first six results are warnings about forgeries. |
JoKepler
Member Posts: 515
From: Houston, Texas
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 08-21-2015 10:13 AM
Hall of Shame candidate... clearly. |
simon parr
New Member Posts: 1
From: Copenhagen, Denmark
Registered: Oct 2015
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posted 10-11-2015 11:22 AM
Regarding the space autographs. Buzz Aldrin comes with an AFTAL coa from Gary King, and the Neil Armstrong we had listed comes with a PSA/DNA, certified genuine (IN THEIR OPINIONS). Also it is a registered business address. Hope that puts people's minds at rest. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-11-2015 11:30 AM
For reference, PSA/DNA does not have a solid record when it comes to certifying astronaut and space-related autographs. The inclusion of their COA does not increase confidence in this case. |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 10-11-2015 12:23 PM
I've been a space junkie since 1960. I've never heard of him. |
moonnut
Member Posts: 248
From: Andover, MN
Registered: Apr 2013
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posted 10-12-2015 03:54 AM
Bad items = Bad auction house. Simple as that. |
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