Certificate of Authenticity

[wizard]

Does anyone know where I can get a certificate of authenticity for an autographed Man Utd poster I have?

Its an old poster with stars like Eric Cantona, Gary Pallister and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as well as the likes of Beckham, Schmeichel, Giggs, Gary Neville, Keane and about 4 unknown ones...

Also, does anyone know how much it is likely to be worth?

[bluevern]

i got gary numans auto,,,,,,and when i posted a question on his web site,it said ,like most autos you just have to trust where you got it from,,,,,,sorry not much help,,,,being a chelsea fan i dont no about man.u. autos,,,,cant see them being worth much as there all still playing apart from eric,,,and keane,,,,not only that,,,,i no it sounds horrible ,,,but they are all still alive,,,,,,,,,,,,by the way i have besties auto with chopper harris,,on the same poster,of them tackerling each other,,dont know wot it is worth though

[Kos]

A Certificate of Authenticity is only the supplier claiming the autograph(s) to be authentic.
The purchaser has to prove they are not authentic NOT the supplier. Only then will you have a case against the supplier.

[wizard]

Kos, does that mean that if I sold my poster on ebay, i could type up a note on my computer saying "this is real" or along those lines and that would constitute as a certificate of authenticity?

[spudqueen]

Unless you were actually there when the poster was signed you have no way of knowing whether the autographs are genuine or not. I know of one football club where one or two players could copy some of their team mates signatures very well and so those players could sign a team ball between them without any of the other players having set eyes on it!

[Kos]

That's right Wizard. The onus is on the Buyer to prove it is not genuine, not on you as the Seller to prove it is