You guys think this is fake?

[Guitardeth2]

This is Dave Mustaine's real autograph.

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This is the sig in question, it's on a guitar that's for sale on ebay.


Now even i can tell at a glance it's not his but the guy swears that dave signed it.

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[chaserfan]

autographs are one of the biggest frauds on ebay, at shows, and in shops. you have to be extremely careful. most of them are forged

[madadman]

Yeah, I wouldn't trust it either. The seller should have a certificate of authenticity - but even that's no guarantee it's real.

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ March 07, 2005 10:12 AM: Message edited by: madadman ]</font>

[Dajistano]

That's worse than my "Todd McFarlane" attempt on the rockabilly Elvis clamshell. [img]eek.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Moviemaniac4]

It doesn't look right......

*MM4 takes guitar and fakes new autograph

There you go [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[chaserfan]

I wouldnt trust it unless they had him signing it in a photograph. and even then I'd worry about it being legit

[Guitardeth2]

Im no fool!!

I never buy without a certif or photo of them signing it.

[Andyman]

Well to use me as an example...my sig is rarely the same each time. I'm horrible at it. To make it even more confusing, I have to different signatures. My formal name (which is for legal documents and such) and my artist sig (which is just "Andy" in a completely different style).

The weird thing about the two Dave sigs is that they share the same "v" but the "D"s are different.

[macabeee]

The bottom signature does look like it could be a rushed version of the top, specifically in the vertually missing last name.

The D's are slightly different, but follow the pattern. The a, the v and even the e are the damn near identical.

The smaller size of the 'ave' is consistent with the size of the 'D' in both cases

And the length of the Dave is also the same in both.

Those are a few of the things that we were taught to look for when I went through forgery training at the bank. If this signature was put in front of me on a check I'd say it matched.

[Andyman]

Mac draws up another consideration. The top signature is much less hurried than the bottom one...which may account for the "D" factor.