Hi Tashs_Tiara
Yes, yes i somehow feel it too.... I am not surprised your friend became hooked...
There is this autograph of Leonard Bernstein that i was interested in at Ebay. There is a pic attached of it. And there is another autograph also of Leonard Bernstein selling for about USD 180 or so. And this Ebay item is only starting at USD 3 plus. I went to check the signiture and tried to compare both and they looked so different. Weird, could a person sign really differently at a different time? The difference may be years, i am not sure about that. But the Ebay one comes with a certificate of authenticity from a well respected authentic autograph company called PSA/DNA. I went to this PSA/DNA website and sure enough, the seach for the certificate number turns out that the signiture is deemed as authentic though they cannot be 100% correct all the time.
All this seems very puzzling to me.... I mean i can choose to be naive and just buy it and tell myself that the item is authentic and not signed by just another guy who prints out the item from somewhere. But, another way, is it will mean a lot to me, this thing.... So i am troubled by it.
You mean your friend even didnt get some of the stuff she paid for already? Oh dear...
Regards,
Zhiliang