Before you buy a Montblanc pen on eBay can you be sure that it isn't a counterfeit? Here are some tips to help you avoid losing money to someone who is selling counterfeits. When you are looking for a specific...
FAKE E.L.O. AUTOGRAPHS Well, I can't keep quiet any longer. There are a whole bunch of fakes out there - and a lot of them aren't very good (One guy I reported had a Jeff Lynne autograph in capital letters and...
When listing Campaign War Medals on e Bay,always list all Medals any related ephemera{Documentation/Badges/Photographs/Etc;}together,on so many ocassions one sees Medal "Groups";ie;More than one medal to the...
Plastic collectables Most collectors of vintage plastics really know their subject. Labelling any and every old plastic item as “Bakelite ” and hoping for the best is a certain recipe for grief, angry buyers...
Bagpipes on Ebay look nice but all that glitters is 99% GENERALLY RUBBISH,I am a scotsman and certain Ebay sellers annoy me passing off Asian made bagpipes as Scottish made bagpipes,there should be a federal...
Between about 1900 and 1960 the 78rpm record was the main format in which every genre of music, along with speech was recorded. Millions indeed probably billions of such records survive and, for modest cost,...
Take a step back and consider this before you jump on the bandwagon of current hate and mass hysteria created by the concert promoters in the UK and Australia about so called ticket touts.In a callous campaign...
Why do we love collecting coins? For some it's the finding the unrecorded variety , for others it's the history and for some it's the fascination. For me it's a bit of all that and more. I've been a collector...
UPDATE 7th February 2007. It seems the Maha patches fakers have also produced counterfeit Hoodies which are starting to be sold on ebay - avoid like the plague. UPDATE: 19th January 2007. A new fake: It looks...
Over the last few years there have been a large number of blatantly fake autographed albums for sale on ebay often these items have been discussed on the ELO showdown mailing list and the general opinion is...