Forgeries are not new to the autograph collecting world. Forgers have been around as long as people have been signing their names on anything. The difference is that IMO there are more forgers than before , more materials / items to sign to forge , more methods to forge , smarter forgers , and more unsuspecting buyers with any amount of money willing to buy autographs for any amount of money and of anyone they want ( you don't have to forge items that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars anymore to be successful ), many many diverse selling platforms are available, also at times there is very little recourse against forgers because they rarely are the original seller and can claim ignorance as a defense at times, and, finally, there are TPAs that are sometimes a forgers best friend.
That's just one reason among others I started selling parts of my autograph collection about 5 years ago.
Good Luck on your decision .
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