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Rolling Stones forged each other's signatures
Jun 7th, 2013 at 6:36am
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Rolling Stones learned to forge each other's signatures: Bill Wyman

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FIRST POSTED: FRIDAY, JUNE 07, 2013 03:14 AM EDT | UPDATED: FRIDAY, JUNE 07, 2013 03:21 AM EDT


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Bill Wyman attends the 56th BFI London Film Festival screening of "The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane" Oct. 18, 2012. (Lia Toby/WENN.com)
 


Former Rolling Stones star Bill Wyman may have just cost memorabilia auction bosses thousands by revealing the band's signed keepsakes might not be 100 per cent authentic.

In a new Rolling Stone magazine interview, the old rocker admits he and his bandmates didn't have time to hand round posters and books before gigs for each member to autograph individually, so they learned to forge each other's signatures.

Wyman admits he often chuckles when signed items from the mid-to-late 1960s come up for auction - because he knows they're not quite what they seem.

He explains, "There's footage of us signing things in the dressing rooms. We all tried to do it. And there were stacks and stacks of autographed books, programmes to be signed, and we just used to grab a bunch each and sign everybody's name.

"We all learned to sign each other's signatures. Except for Charlie. He wouldn't sign anything. But me, Keith, Mick and Brian all could sign each other's autographs.

"When I see them now for sale, I know that, you know, two of them are not theirs - originals and all that. But it was the only way to do it, because you couldn't pass this stuff around. You didn't have time. You were onstage in 10 minutes."


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Re: Rolling Stones forged each other's signatures
Reply #1 - Jun 7th, 2013 at 6:55am
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When it comes to authenticity, nothing really tops that copy of 'Let It Bleed' that was available on e-bay about five years ago for a few thousand quid and which was signed by all of the band.

Including Brian. Puke all over me (wait that is BLEED)

There were even some stupid bastards bidding for it, too.

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Very hard to know if the signatures are forged or not.
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Reply #3 - Jun 7th, 2013 at 11:46am
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Bitch wrote on Jun 7th, 2013 at 9:58am:
Very hard to know if the signatures are forged or not.


I'd be very wary of anything that I didnt see being signed personally.

For example, if you see anything 'signed' by all four Beatles from about 1964 onwards, its almost certainly a fake. By that stage their fan mail was so out of hand that they had to employ secretaries to forge their signatures.

Nowadays, its the same thing again with auto-pens. Be very careful of signed copies of Keith's 'Life'  being offered if the signature wasnt witnessed - there were a shitload of them offered for sale through official channels a couple of years ago and they were actually autosigned.
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Reply #4 - Jun 10th, 2013 at 4:51pm
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Hmmmmmm..wonder if that contract with Allen Klein is legit?..........
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Re: Rolling Stones forged each other's signatures
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Christie's auction house actually knew of this at least as far back as three years ago.
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