Ok, where's the closest bank...my son's got a water pistol I could stick under something I'm sure
yeah, true. It is odd...zero mention of the sig or the name behind it and yet there's a gratuitous close up shot of it in the sales pics....hmmmm
yeah, true. It is odd...zero mention of the sig or the name behind it and yet there's a gratuitous close up shot of it in the sales pics....hmmmm
I'm not crazy though...everyone's bedroom has padded walls, right?
. That Ike autograph you linked to was 1200 bucks in its own right for just a signed pic Let go with "excitable".
His sig on a uke would make it pretty valuable Id think. Shame if its fake though thats a nice uke to bung up for a scambut if its real? Will be interesting to see where this ends. Also the seller must have got a to. Of emails asking about this. All the more reason to amend the description.
If it's a scam, I doubt it's the seller's scam. If he wanted to scam people, he'd put SIGNED BY CLIFF EDWARDS in the title. As it is, someone interested in an Edwards-signed item might well not find this. Pretty inept scamming, if you ask me.
Is it possible that someone else (other than Edwards himself) put Edward's signature on that uke at some point? Sure, it's possible. I put Pete Townshend's autograph on one of my Who albums when I was a kid. I wasn't trying to scam anybody, it was for fun. But I suppose someone might put their hands on that album some day and assume Townshend had signed it, not some 12-year-old wannabe.
The linchpin for me is that it's an accurate signature. Since there's little clear evidence of scamming, and its too good to be random, I believe it's the real deal. Since there is no provenance, its value as a signed item will always be limited, but for someone who wants a good quality uke with the special plus of a likely-to-be-real Cliff Edwards signature, I think this is a good deal. Plus, how much do you love that case? I love it a lot.
If I hadn't just bought one of my "holy grail" ukes this week, I might go for this. As it is, one of you other crazies will have to pick it up...
Worst case scenario this guy sells this for around a grand, which is probably a good deal for him. However if the autograph throws it into a bidding frenzy.......Either way its a win for the seller. Im not saying it is a scam, this dude might be very honest, and it might be very real. Just smells fishy.
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Wouldn't surprise me if it was legit. I'm sure there's a lot of these treasures hiding in people's attics in this town.
