John Candy Fake ???:

[AutographHound2010]

Hi All,

I have been a fan of this board for a very long time. It has helped me get many TTM autograph's.... I can use some assistance in verifying an autograph I have a feeling is a huge fake. My sister suprised me with an autographed picture of my favorite actor, the late great John Candy. I wish she hadn't because I think she wasted about $100.00. The moment I opened the box I noticed things that made me feel it was a fake. For starters John Candy passed away over sixteen years ago. This picture is perfect, and I mean like hot off the press condition and signed in a very thick silver ink. I am not even sure they had silver sharpie's and markers sixteen years ago. I know I have never seen another picture of John Candy signed this way. Yet the autograph site she bought it off has SEVERAL all signed the same similar way with the same type of marker??? Also... The signature looks very different from any other examples of his I have seen online. My sister purchased this off a site called http://www.prestigeautographs.com...Has anyone else ever dealt or heard of them. Any feedback is welcome. I am trying to attach a pic of the picture but I am not sure it will upload as I am having some issues.

Many Thanks,
Bob

[cdcplaya]

Hello, I checked out the site and came to this opinion..

I'm not too familiar with John Candy's Autograph, so I won't comment on the ones I saw of him on the site. But From a few actors I searched, I see a bunch of fakes. Plus they don't show pics of there cast-signed posters and give a stupid reason why in there FAQ and they have so many signed by everyone in cast.

Example:

Check this Johhny Depp sig:

http://www.prestigeautographs.com/index ... uctId=6041

What a pitiful fake, and there all signed the same way. So its the same guy forging these. I wouldn't trust this site.

I'm sorry, I would lean fake. With what I've seen on this site and what you said about John Candy's Autos I would say fake.

[cdcplaya]

Furthermore read this:

* Why is there no signatures shown on your posters ?

What you see are stock images of all our posters without signatures. The reason being is people were copying them and making them into 8x10 mini posters and selling them as 8x10 mini posters re-prints. To prevent this from happening again we have decided to show only stock images. All of our posters are in mint condition and the signatures are placed in areas that are clearly visible, they are not placed in dark areas that hide the signature. We obtain most of our posters at movie premiers and signing events. All our items and the all come with a Certificate of Authenticity. You will be very please with any of our items.

-The signatures are placed in areas that are clearly visible, and are not placed in dark areas? Really Now?

[AutographHound2010]

Thank You for the feedback CDCPlaya...I appreciate it!

[Hitman73]

I would ask for a refund immediately!!!, looking at that garbage of a site they are all fake!. This is the type of SCUM that pisses me off> Makes a site, posts Fake auto's, and rips off $ from people :neutral: .

I have a Upper Deck HEROES signature cut saved on my other computer that i will try and upload for you it is legit!.

[Sun Devil]

Here is my John Candy I got back in the late 80's.