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<p>[QUOTE="Snowman Cometh, post: 10293412, member: 83302"]My first red flag was the lack of anyone buying at the auction. I won with the only bid. </p><p><br /></p><p>The second is the record being made in Japan. It was the early 70s. Imports weren't the norm at the time. My Slade albums which I got in the late 60s early 70s were all the US versions. Many UK bands (including the Clash which were the late 70s early 80s) had different mixes, songs, and track listing for the UK, and the US versions were completely different. All these auction items are from Japan. So, they must have spent a lot of time in Japan signing people's records. The majority of ebay autographs are also from Japan. </p><p><br /></p><p>With this I feel it's almost too good to be real. </p><p><br /></p><p>At a facebook autograph group, the varied responses to it being forged would mean the overwhelming majority online (including ones you'd swear are real) are fake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Snowman Cometh, post: 10293412, member: 83302"]My first red flag was the lack of anyone buying at the auction. I won with the only bid. The second is the record being made in Japan. It was the early 70s. Imports weren't the norm at the time. My Slade albums which I got in the late 60s early 70s were all the US versions. Many UK bands (including the Clash which were the late 70s early 80s) had different mixes, songs, and track listing for the UK, and the US versions were completely different. All these auction items are from Japan. So, they must have spent a lot of time in Japan signing people's records. The majority of ebay autographs are also from Japan. With this I feel it's almost too good to be real. At a facebook autograph group, the varied responses to it being forged would mean the overwhelming majority online (including ones you'd swear are real) are fake.[/QUOTE]
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