Rosamund Pike Bond Autograph - Autopen?

bone · 09-28-2021, 09:52 PM

Is it just me or is this an autopen? I have never seen a card of hers signed like this before.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/26524134117...p2047675.l2557

Other examples of her autograph:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/182982/i.ht...&LH_Complete=1

I just bought a Josh Holloway card from the same seller. Does this look like an autopen? I lost the the auction but the seller immediately made a second chance offer. Now I'm not sure whether it's real or not.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/26531199154...p2047675.l2557

AceGambit3 · 09-28-2021, 10:44 PM

That first one looks very rough and not at all like any of her cards I've seen in people's collections.

bone · 09-28-2021, 10:51 PM

I'll the ask the seller for a refund. There are many signs of the Holloway card being a fake; the many perfectly round dots at the in the signature (autopen), the quotation marks around "Sawyer" are all wrong, the fuzzy "I" in the Inkworks logo, etc. I know there are fake Lost autograph cards floating around but this is my first time to see one up close. Keep an eye out on this seller.

webjon · 09-29-2021, 07:39 AM

The printing errors on many of the odd Inkworks autographs was always bizarre to me.

DontToewsMeBro · 09-29-2021, 08:28 AM

Looks like someone is printing cards, forging, and selling fakes.

Good catch OP

galar · 09-29-2021, 11:19 AM

I took a look at the seller's past auctions and I would have easily been fooled by some of his autos. (I have pulled all of them before in the past)

The only ones that I would have been immediately suspicious of is the Pike and the Emily De Ravin. The Pike looks like no other auto card that I have seen. The De Ravin, I have never seen such a clean non-streaky autograph on a lost card (not saying one doesn't exist however). When I did a search of ended auctions, there was one De Ravin sold (sorry at work so cannot link, but auction number is 124789075109) that I am pretty sure the auto is exactly the same as the one the seller in question had sold.

Anyway, in looking closely at the other sold autos, I think they are highly questionable also.

Edit: I was looking on my phone and it must have been a bad signal and I didn't see all his ended auctions. The seller has had multiples of the same auto sold, some without even pics of the front of the card. All the of them are suspicious.

webjon · 09-29-2021, 02:11 PM

AusRam · 10-01-2021, 08:46 PM

The fact they offered you a second chance and seems they do that a heck of a lot going by their sales history is a bit concerning.

I passed on that Pike as the sig looked terrible. Picked up another one from a different seller...just hoping it's legit now...

bone · 10-02-2021, 03:57 AM

This is the response that I got from the seller:

"We purchased both non sports and sports cards at the national card convention in Chicago and we are selling a few extras. If you are not happy with the card, we will take the card back."

09-28-2021, 09:52 PM	#1
bone Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Australia Posts: 63 bone_d	Rosamund Pike Bond Autograph - Autopen? Is it just me or is this an autopen? I have never seen a card of hers signed like this before. https://www.ebay.com/itm/26524134117...p2047675.l2557 Other examples of her autograph: https://www.ebay.com/sch/182982/i.ht...&LH_Complete=1 I just bought a Josh Holloway card from the same seller. Does this look like an autopen? I lost the the auction but the seller immediately made a second chance offer. Now I'm not sure whether it's real or not. https://www.ebay.com/itm/26531199154...p2047675.l2557 __________________ https://bon3daddy.tumblr.com/ Last edited by bone; 09-28-2021 at 09:55 PM.

09-28-2021, 10:51 PM	#3
bone Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Australia Posts: 63 bone_d	I'll the ask the seller for a refund. There are many signs of the Holloway card being a fake; the many perfectly round dots at the in the signature (autopen), the quotation marks around "Sawyer" are all wrong, the fuzzy "I" in the Inkworks logo, etc. I know there are fake Lost autograph cards floating around but this is my first time to see one up close. Keep an eye out on this seller. __________________ https://bon3daddy.tumblr.com/

09-29-2021, 07:39 AM	#4
webjon Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,036	The printing errors on many of the odd Inkworks autographs was always bizarre to me. Last edited by webjon; 09-29-2021 at 03:40 PM.

09-29-2021, 11:19 AM	#6
galar Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 757	I took a look at the seller's past auctions and I would have easily been fooled by some of his autos. (I have pulled all of them before in the past) The only ones that I would have been immediately suspicious of is the Pike and the Emily De Ravin. The Pike looks like no other auto card that I have seen. The De Ravin, I have never seen such a clean non-streaky autograph on a lost card (not saying one doesn't exist however). When I did a search of ended auctions, there was one De Ravin sold (sorry at work so cannot link, but auction number is 124789075109) that I am pretty sure the auto is exactly the same as the one the seller in question had sold. Anyway, in looking closely at the other sold autos, I think they are highly questionable also. Edit: I was looking on my phone and it must have been a bad signal and I didn't see all his ended auctions. The seller has had multiples of the same auto sold, some without even pics of the front of the card. All the of them are suspicious. Last edited by galar; 09-29-2021 at 11:25 AM.

09-29-2021, 02:11 PM	#7
webjon Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,036	Last edited by webjon; 09-29-2021 at 02:25 PM.

09-28-2021, 10:44 PM	#2
AceGambit3 Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,633	That first one looks very rough and not at all like any of her cards I've seen in people's collections.

09-29-2021, 08:28 AM	#5
DontToewsMeBro Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Proudly Canadian, eh Posts: 3,681 centurion-collectibles	Looks like someone is printing cards, forging, and selling fakes. Good catch OP

10-01-2021, 08:46 PM	#8
AusRam Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 2,607	The fact they offered you a second chance and seems they do that a heck of a lot going by their sales history is a bit concerning. I passed on that Pike as the sig looked terrible. Picked up another one from a different seller...just hoping it's legit now...

10-02-2021, 03:57 AM	#9
bone Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Australia Posts: 63 bone_d	This is the response that I got from the seller: "We purchased both non sports and sports cards at the national card convention in Chicago and we are selling a few extras. If you are not happy with the card, we will take the card back." __________________ https://bon3daddy.tumblr.com/