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many years celebrities have been signing autographs for fans. It was a cheap and easy way of giving fans a personalised item. Many treasured these items as a little piece of history for them to keep.
Over the years celebrity has become a way of life with more and more popping up from nowhere. With the growth of celebrity came the growth of the autograph and memorabilia market. Famous people came less accessible |
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| to the general public. The value and demand for autographs increased many times and a huge market opened up. | ||||||||||
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Nowadays the famous have become very aware of the value of their signature and there is a growing reluctance to sign knowing that it could just end up for sale on the internet. This has lead to personalised dedicated autographs.
Because of this in recent years the main enemy of genuine autograph collectors had risen, the forger. This has risen again with the |
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rise in internet auction sites making it very easy for a conman to set up operation overnight with a good name logo and website and then close down when rumbled and set up again under a different name. Most forgeries are very poor and easy to spot so making yourself fully informed is the best way to combat this threat to the community. |
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