29-04-2011 7:21 PM
As I said in a thread a few days ago, I started collecting about 2 and a half years ago and before I sent out my home made photo cards I used to send out and collect signed Match Attax cards. As well as sending requests to clubs, I also purchased some from sellers on eBay. Being a novice, naive collector, I had no idea that people would forge and fake signatures and sell them on the Internet, but I fear some (or most) of the cards I bought may be fake. Basically, if anyone can confirm if any of the autographs are real or fake, that would be great. Most cards were purchased from different sellers, though a few were bought from the same person. There are people with a great knowledge of Premier League autographs on this forum and their expertise would be greatly appreciated. The reason I ask is that during the summer football break I want to sort out my football collections as I have collected over 2000 autograph in 2 and a half years. I also don't want to put any fakes in my newly arranged collections. Thanks to anyone who offers opinions or advice, it is greatly appreciated.
Matt
Aston Villa - Luke Young
http://s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz305/mhallam5000/?action=view¤t=IMG_4338.jpg
Blackburn - Christopher samba, Brett Emerton, danny Simpson, Stephen Warnock, ryan Nelson, Steven Reid
http://s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz305/mhallam5000/?action=view¤t=IMG_4339.jpg
Bolton - Matty taylor
http://s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz305/mhallam5000/?action=view¤t=IMG_4341.jpg
Chelsea - Salomon Kalou
http://s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz305/mhallam5000/?action=view¤t=IMG_4342.jpg
Fulham - Zoltan Gera, Bobby Zamora
http://s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz305/mhallam5000/?action=view¤t=IMG_4343.jpg
Hull City - Marlon King
http://s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz305/mhallam5000/?action=view¤t=IMG_4345.jpg
Liverpool
Jermaine Pennant, xabi Alonso
http://s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz305/mhallam5000/?action=view¤t=IMG_4346.jpg
Man City - Jo
http://s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz305/mhallam5000/?action=view¤t=IMG_4347.jpg
MIddlesbrough - david Wheater
http://s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz305/mhallam5000/?action=view¤t=IMG_4348.jpg
Portsmouth - Lassana Diarra, Sean Davis, Glen Johnson, Younes Kaboul, Sol Campbell
http://s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz305/mhallam5000/?action=view¤t=IMG_4349.jpg
Stoke City - Glenn Whelan
http://s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz305/mhallam5000/?action=view¤t=IMG_4350.jpg
sunderland - Danny Collins
http://s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz305/mhallam5000/?action=view¤t=IMG_4351.jpg
West Brom
Abdoulaye Meite
http://s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz305/mhallam5000/?action=view¤t=IMG_4352.jpg
Wigan - Daniel de Ridder
http://s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz305/mhallam5000/?action=view¤t=IMG_4353.jpg
Man of the Match - Fabrice Muamba (Bolton)
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29-04-2011 7:33 PM
all the portsmouth ones are fake as is meite and i dont like muamba's either nothing like i get off him each week anyway so would say thats also fake...rest are fine although im 50-50 on the liverpool two...hope that helps abit 🙂
29-04-2011 7:33 PM
cant help you with footie but the music graphs from 2007,oasis,coldsplay,kaisers etc need binning
29-04-2011 7:41 PM
Thanks Matt. I was hoping you might have a look at them for me. At least some of them were ok. Your help is appreciated.
Milly, thanks for that. I looked through my feedback a few months ago and saw that most of the people who sold me them are no longer registered, which sounded alarm bells. They have been in the loft for a couple of years now and could be prime candidates to go on the next garden waste fire I have!!
30-04-2011 7:02 AM
Agreed with above..... Sorry 😞
30-04-2011 9:54 PM
Shoot out cards on ebay as you have now discovered just leave alone,too many sellers basically pinching there kids football cards and faking and putting on ebay.
My rule any seller selling hundreds of shootout cards stay away from of course unless uacc or eps sellers.
The pompey cards are in my opinion fake,having spent many years outside fratton park with the kids getting sigs they just dont look right,diarra was always very difficult to get him to sign only managed to get one ip off him in the time he was at pompey did the old phone trick everytime he got out the car.
hope it helps a bit
good look with your collection
all the best steve
30-04-2011 11:09 PM
may i add aftal and acaf :8}
01-05-2011 10:18 PM
Matt,I would agree with the other comments made about the possible fakes,and would possibly add the Liverpool ones as they have easy signatures to copy.