What to look for when purchasing Autographs

What to look for when purchasing Autographs

When looking to bid on or purchase autographs over the internet, you should exercise some degree of caution and follow some guidelines to ensure, what you are purchasing is in fact genuine.
Firstly, be aware that some people may list their product as an Autographed item and whilst technically this is true it does not always mean that the item was signed 'in-person' or by the sports person in question.
There are various forms of autographs and whilst there is an interest amongst some collectors to still consider all of these types as collectable, there are other collectors who can be disappointed when they received one of the following when expecting an 'in-person' autograph.
The main autograph types are
GenuineThis autograph type is understandably the preferred version by the majority of collectors and as implied is known to have been signed by the celebrity or sports person in question.

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