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woodg2
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posted 09-29-2015 08:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for woodg2   Click Here to Email woodg2     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This Harrison Schmitt signed copy of "Return to the Moon" looks like a candidate for the Hall of Shame. I rarely see bad fakes in a signed book, but I can't see any way this one is authentic.

mach3valkyrie
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posted 09-30-2015 09:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for mach3valkyrie   Click Here to Email mach3valkyrie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yeah, it's bad. The seller's name seems to fit.

Grounded!
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posted 10-03-2015 12:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Grounded!   Click Here to Email Grounded!     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yeah, really really bad.

capoetc
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posted 10-03-2015 02:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for capoetc   Click Here to Email capoetc     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hmmm... I don't know. Tough to tell for sure, but it looks like it could just be a hurried signature to me....

mjanovec
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posted 10-03-2015 03:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mjanovec   Click Here to Email mjanovec     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I see what you mean, but I feel certain it is bad. The signature placement is another clue, all of the authentic signed books I've seen have had a different (and consistent) signature placement.

SpaceyInMN
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posted 10-03-2015 05:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SpaceyInMN   Click Here to Email SpaceyInMN     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Honestly, it's not that far off from a copy I had signed in person a year and a half ago, other than placement. I could see it being a legitimate rushed signature.

MrSpace86
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posted 10-06-2015 05:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrSpace86   Click Here to Email MrSpace86     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
My vote goes to rushed signature. I don't think someone would take the time to forge a Schmitt book. Photo or cover maybe, but not a book.

neo1022
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posted 10-06-2015 09:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for neo1022   Click Here to Email neo1022     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Not true — a well-known eBay forger has sold several copies of Harrison's "signed" book over the years. She makes a tidy sum (~$150 or so) on each book, and most people are none the wiser.

A forger who specializes in more desirable (and expensive) items faces a higher hurdle — the buyers are likely to be more well-educated, and better able to spot fakes. Bottom feeders will forge anything that will get them a few bucks...

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