To Catch a Signed T206 Forger

[T206Collector]

As someone who has a significant investment (emotional and financial) in maintaining the integrity of authentic signed T206 cards, I wanted to collect all of the information about the recently identified signed Marquard forgery in one place, in a helpful chronology. I want it all to be at the top of the posting so that updates on the status of identifying the forger, if any, can be included in one post and at the top of a thread.

If you have additional information, please send it to me, or post it below, and I will add it to the chronology.

CHRONOLOGY

August 31, 2017
Authentic signed Marquard Hands at Sides sold in Sig Auctions to a member of the Net54 Community (id: theshleps):



http://auction.sigauctions.com/rube_...-lot62562.aspx

February 7, 2018
Unsigned Marquard Hands at Sides sold on eBay (item #362228869527) by seller "teri781":



https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...ube-1913448029

https://www.ebay.com/usr/teri781?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

The seller left positive feedback ("THANK YOU") to the buyer, who has feedback between 10,000-24,999:




Spring/Summer 2018
Forger copies the authentic Marquard using a technique that lines the signatures up identically.






August 16, 2018

A "very reliable source" confirms that the autograph was authenticated by James Spence himself at the CleanSweep Auctions office. The photograph for the LOA was taken on that date; and on August 22, the item was authenticated and given the certification number #z86117:




October 11, 2018
Newly signed Marquard Hands at Sides sold in Clean Sweep Auctions, with full JSA LOA:



https://www.cleansweepauctions.com/i...tem=0000616093

Net54 member Clifford Franklin (Net54 id: Marslife) purchases the card and submits it for encapsulation at SGC.


November 13, 2018

SGC rejects the Marquard as "not a genuine example."



November 25, 2018

MarsLife seeks guidance from the Net54 community, wondering whether he purchased a fake Marquard signed T206:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=262580

Manny (Net54 id: SetBuilder) cracks the code (and answers the OP's question in the affirmative), and other members of the Net54 community begin to add additional pieces to the puzzle.

Again, if you have additional information, please send it to me, or post it below, and I will add it to the chronology. There are too many witnesses to these events for additional information not to become available over time. As it does, I will compile it here.