I stopped collecting autographs the moment a dealer admitted, "You don't want this baseball. The Ted Williams signature is fake." Within seconds. Although I've stood beside some of the biggest names in current music. I watched with my own eyes as they signed. I no longer believed owning a jotting down of someone's name and fame was worth its weight.
In this day of collecting Classic Rock Star signatures...how do fans know they own an authentic pencil squiggle?
If the name shown has anything to do with the Rolling Stones...big chance it's a fake.
Former bassist Bill Wyman says: Most of the band faked each others’ autographs.
His suggestion means that thousands of items could be technically forged – and the only name fans can be certain of...is drummer Charlie Watts.
According to Wyman “We all learned to sign each others’ signatures – except Charlie. He wouldn’t sign anything. But me, Keith, Mick and Brian could all sign each others’ autographs. When I see them for sale, I know two of them are not originals. But it was the only way to do it, because you couldn’t pass this stuff around. You didn’t have time; you were on stage in ten minutes.”
That being said. Have you ever wanted to own a bass guitar authentically autographed by Geddy Lee of Rush?
Be at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on June 20 —Lee’s one-of-a-kind Signature Fender Jazz bass will be auctioned off to raise funds for children with heart defects.
the bass will be autographed with a personalized message of their choice.
Get hooked up to the bass guitar
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