I'm looking to buy a genuine Jim autograph - aren't we all?
At this point, with the amount of forgeries on the internet, I'm only really interested in a signed check. The only problem is I have absolutely no idea where I should be checking (pun not intended). Can anyone please recommend some auction houses or websites where a check may become available? Vague question I know but I don't know much about purchasing something like this and I need a starting point.
Thanks!
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Yeah, no kidding. Or a signed debut LP from the entire band. Think there might be a few on ebay for $100Roughie wrote:I'd rather have a copy of each of his self published books... and if they were signed, even better!
All I can say is be VERY careful. I'm sure others on here will have much better advice than just that
I think at this point, I would only trust an authenticated check for somewhere around ~$4-5k
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A very recent offer, with playing cards signed by all four members from '67 was pretty neat and sold for $13,750. So if you're looking for an item with autographs from all the four guys and from the time they were still a band, it goes understandably higher than the rest of the stuff inscribed later one by one. With that said, I'd be surprised if you can find Jim's authentic signature for less than $3,000. And I agree with Roughie; if you can, buy one of his signed books or something substantial than a check. That's also a pretty good investment as well, you can never lose money on that.
Here's one signed Lords out there but its obviously a rip-off for $37,500, regardless its condition..
http://www.abaa.org/book/717159730
Naturally Mark and Andy have much more to say about this, until then, here's Len's excellent overwiev on this issue and what you can expect nowadays..
http://www.thedoorsguide.com/news.html#20141205
Here's one signed Lords out there but its obviously a rip-off for $37,500, regardless its condition..
http://www.abaa.org/book/717159730
Naturally Mark and Andy have much more to say about this, until then, here's Len's excellent overwiev on this issue and what you can expect nowadays..
http://www.thedoorsguide.com/news.html#20141205
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