Lou Gehrig Auto 1928 $2 Bill

[1880nonsports]

could pen an autograph that looks like the one in question whether they're in Queens or a small town in Iowa. Isn't the problem how to get the item into the market? A poor fake could be produced by anyone and show up anywhere where the naive linger like eBay, craig's list, yard sales, home town auctions and the like. The serious buyer in today's info rich cyberworld SHOULD be more difficult to fool and their radar would be more active in these lesser venues. That then requires a more adept hand to produce it but also a conduit or buffer to give it more legitimacy. The forger needs to somehow distance himself from his work. Whether that happens by complicity or ingnorance - it all comes down to knowing what you're buying and whom you trust.
BTW - not everyone here in Florida is a forger or crook - it's mostly just the prisoners and politicians.