Be Wary Of Autographed Vintage Movie Posters

Many people get very excited when they think they've found a vintage movie poster with an autograph of one of the stars on it. While there are some posters where this is, in fact, the case, more than a few of these so called "authentic" autographs are blatant forgeries.

Think of what it actually takes to get a poster (or any item) autographed. Celebrities receive hundreds (if not thousands) of requests for autographs a day through the mail, and it just isn't humanly possible for them to keep up with them. If you've ever gotten a credit card offer in the mail, just take a look at the signature at the bottom of the letter. Sure, it *looks* like a real signature, but do you really think the president of the company signs all their direct mailings? Its probably saved on a computer somewhere and printed in mass. It's the same deal with many autographs. Rather than sign every piece of fanmail individually, an actor or actress will have an employee print out generic responses and send them back.

This is all well and good for the average fan, but what happens is certain folks will then take these "autographs" and pass them off as authentic. Some even go so far as forge the autographs so the signature looks like it was done with a real pen.

The only surefire way to know that your autograph is authentic is to watch the autographer with your own eyes. It's become entirely too easy and profitible to pass off forged autographs as the real things.