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Re: Colin Firth, Authentic? please help!

by MammaMiaLover » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:14 pm

aw poo.
i suppose ya can always hope.
but i dont think i wrote anything that would stand out to be honest...
thanks guys!

Re: Colin Firth, Authentic? please help!

by superletterfan » Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:28 pm

MammaMiaLover wrote:wow this has had a lot of replies recently!
both people who say its authentic and people who say its secreterial put forward good arguments, so basically i still have no idea :P
i know its not likely and this is probably a stupid question but do you think there is any chance that he reads the letters sent or will they just be tossed away by the secretary?
thanks for your input everybody!
For this question, i guess big celebs will not read any fanmails, unless you wrote something really special, and can stand out from the crowd.

Re: Colin Firth, Authentic? please help!

by MammaMiaLover » Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:09 pm

wow this has had a lot of replies recently!
both people who say its authentic and people who say its secreterial put forward good arguments, so basically i still have no idea :P
i know its not likely and this is probably a stupid question but do you think there is any chance that he reads the letters sent or will they just be tossed away by the secretary?
thanks for your input everybody!

Re: Colin Firth, Authentic? please help!

by lizane » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:59 am

superletterfan wrote:Hi, for all those pictures i got, most of them from Autographworld, the others are from Ebay (those sellers put these items for very expensive price, i guess they are authentic). Sorry if there some bad examples.

One of the bottom two, i think i got it from Signingdreams's Ebay shop (a reputable UACC regiestered dealer). (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COLIN-FIRTH-SIGNE ... m153.l1262)

I know that this one looks like mail success. He claimed to get it in person, i think he could get it through mail and sell it as authentic. Some other dealers make the same mistake.

see this one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Colin-Firth-signe ... 286.c0.m14

Clearly mail success, and the seller is "I am UACC Registered Dealer number 282 (Signed By The Stars) and AFTAL Approved Dealer #57. "

and

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Colin-Firth-St-Tr ... 286.c0.m14

He states: 'I am a member of the UACC as Alan Eady number 7552, and of The Autograph Council of Great Britain."
Thanks for that info, superletterfan! {thumb2} I can recognise the top autographs you've posted are from AutographWorld but the bottom half are all from eBay, but most look authentic anyways. {up} But the bottom 3 autographs are most definitly TTm, they match his secretarial TTM exactly. Unfortunately you can't be fooled by "in person" as many just claim it's ip to sell it better - there's quite a lot oof TTM autographs getting sold in eBay, but obviously not everything TTM is fake! But in Colin's case, I'm quite sure his are secretarial TTM. :(

Thanks,
zanne

Re: Colin Firth, Authentic? please help!

by superletterfan » Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:13 pm

Hi, for all those pictures i got, most of them from Autographworld, the others are from Ebay (those sellers put these items for very expensive price, i guess they are authentic). Sorry if there some bad examples.

One of the bottom two, i think i got it from Signingdreams's Ebay shop (a reputable UACC regiestered dealer). (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COLIN-FIRTH-SIGNE ... m153.l1262)

I know that this one looks like mail success. He claimed to get it in person, i think he could get it through mail and sell it as authentic. Some other dealers make the same mistake.

see this one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Colin-Firth-signe ... 286.c0.m14

Clearly mail success, and the seller is "I am UACC Registered Dealer number 282 (Signed By The Stars) and AFTAL Approved Dealer #57. "

and

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Colin-Firth-St-Tr ... 286.c0.m14

He states: 'I am a member of the UACC as Alan Eady number 7552, and of The Autograph Council of Great Britain."

Re: Colin Firth, Authentic? please help!

by lizane » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:36 pm

nightowl wrote:supperletterfan, if all of those examples you have posted are authentic---including the two at the bottom---then I am now leaning way towards authentic for mine.

When comparing mine to the two at the bottom, mine matches with the bottom right autograph "extremely" well. The Colin on mine is almost identical, right down to the L that curves a little to the right at the top. And looking at the autgraph on the bottom left---what little I can make out of it--the B and E in Best are an "exact" match to mine, practically identical.

As so many are telling me he doesn't sign ttm I find myself questioning it, but upon making comparisons with those two on the bottom, they are so close as to be a perfect match.

I'm not trying to confuse the situation or say anyone is wrong, I'm just saying after closely comparing mine to those two they look the same as mine.

I sent vv and didn't receive a reply until after filming wrapped and he had returned to the UK. That made me immediately question it's authenticity. But if you compare some celebs IP to their ttm authentics you will see their IP is a scribbled mess and their ttm is more legible and defined. I'm not basing my opinion on that alone, by any means, but it can definitely be the case when trying to compare IP to ttm.

Comparing the one at the bottom right to the ones at the top, you'll see what I am saying. The ones at the top are very scribbled, and that one at the bottom has much more definition by comparison.
Hi nightowl! ;-)

The ones at the bottom is from eBay - now I'm not saying that immediately means it's forged but as Colin is such a famous celebrity, his autographs get forged a lot. Also, I'm very sure those at the bottom which you're talking about was obtained TTM - it happens very often on eBay! :roll: Just yesterday I came across a Shia Labeouf "in person" autograph, which is exactly the ones he send out TTM, even the Indy photo!! :mad: So don't be fooled by "in person", there's a lot of scammers out there, and definitly not just on eBay. {thumb2} So I recommend not to compare to those as it's very possible that they're obtained TTM (via his agnecy) and just claimed to be "in person". Rather look at my scans from AutographWorld, especially the personalised one - he was obviously not in a tremendous rush otherwise he wouldn't have personalised it, but still the autograph doesn't look a thing like his TTM.

So I'm still quite positive they're secretarial TTM, unfortunately. :cry:

Good luck,
zanne

Re: Colin Firth, Authentic? please help!

by nightowl » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:19 pm

supperletterfan, if all of those examples you have posted are authentic---including the two at the bottom---then I am now leaning way towards authentic for mine.

When comparing mine to the two at the bottom, mine matches with the bottom right autograph "extremely" well. The Colin on mine is almost identical, right down to the L that curves a little to the right at the top. And looking at the autgraph on the bottom left---what little I can make out of it--the B and E in Best are an "exact" match to mine, practically identical.

As so many are telling me he doesn't sign ttm I find myself questioning it, but upon making comparisons with those two on the bottom, they are so close as to be a perfect match.

I'm not trying to confuse the situation or say anyone is wrong, I'm just saying after closely comparing mine to those two they look the same as mine.

I sent vv and didn't receive a reply until after filming wrapped and he had returned to the UK. That made me immediately question it's authenticity. But if you compare some celebs IP to their ttm authentics you will see their IP is a scribbled mess and their ttm is more legible and defined. I'm not basing my opinion on that alone, by any means, but it can definitely be the case when trying to compare IP to ttm.

Comparing the one at the bottom right to the ones at the top, you'll see what I am saying. The ones at the top are very scribbled, and that one at the bottom has much more definition by comparison.

Re: Colin Firth, Authentic? please help!

by autoland » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:43 am

jasonw wrote:Colin Firth's TTm has been talked about many times before. My opinion has always been that they are secretarials. The scans from autograph world proves the point.
Jason.

Sadly a lot of so called "successes" form a celebs agent, are secs, after all that's part of the job that their paid for, is'ot it. {down} {down} :mad: :mad: :( :(

Re: Colin Firth, Authentic? please help!

by jasonw » Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:32 am

Colin Firth's TTm has been talked about many times before. My opinion has always been that they are secretarials. The scans from autograph world proves the point.
Jason.

Re: Colin Firth, Authentic? please help!

by guilder1st » Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:34 am

Unfortunately Zanne is right. Colin Firth's through the mail autographs are secretarial.

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