Ryan. Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I'd like people's opinion on the Laird sketches that this guy is selling. Legit or not? He's got 8 or so listed. I'd definitely avoid. I suppose a few look possibly legit but some of the signatures on the TMNT-Ghostbusters copies are horrid...I've never seen Peter sign that sloppy. And it seems fishy that they got Peter's signatures on very recent books like Batman-TMNT which, with Peter not going to shows, raises a big question about "how" these signatures were acquired. They'd pretty much have to camp out at Shellback and wait for Peter to show up unless they know him personally. Did you send the seller an email asking where Peter signed all these? Would be interesting to see what is said. I call BS on these. If Peter did draw these then he must have been sipping from a flask between sketches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I should know within the week. We are still a month out, so there is still plenty of time to get our ducks in a row. Any updates on this? Although it's a month away, I would be flying in and renting a car, so the sooner I book the cheaper the trip for me. I've confirmed that I'll be going and I've got someone lined up to help with the witness/facilitator duties. I'm waiting on final approval from the SS director. I'll be sure to check back in when I hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump24601 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I'd like people's opinion on the Laird sketches that this guy is selling. Legit or not? He's got 8 or so listed. I'd definitely avoid. I suppose a few look possibly legit but some of the signatures on the TMNT-Ghostbusters copies are horrid...I've never seen Peter sign that sloppy. And it seems fishy that they got Peter's signatures on very recent books like Batman-TMNT which, with Peter not going to shows, raises a big question about "how" these signatures were acquired. They'd pretty much have to camp out at Shellback and wait for Peter to show up unless they know him personally. Did you send the seller an email asking where Peter signed all these? Would be interesting to see what is said. I call BS on these. If Peter did draw these then he must have been sipping from a flask between sketches. Agreed. Why would you sketch on a book you didn't work on? (only via the Turtles name). Kevin, sure, but Peter? Odd indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spracknetch23 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 I sold my sketched copy of 29 last year, and I don't remember another time in recent history when one was for sale. I know Laird signed and sketched a big lot of them over a weekend in 2008. He even wrote the date and exact time of the sketch. Here's the one I had. I remember one of the lot of them was a full body sketch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Now that one looks legit! I don't trust the other ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nriccijr Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 (edited) I wish I could have seen the auctions in question....what were they? Looks like they are all down? Edited September 20, 2016 by nriccijr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nriccijr Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 I should know within the week. We are still a month out, so there is still plenty of time to get our ducks in a row. Any updates on this? Although it's a month away, I would be flying in and renting a car, so the sooner I book the cheaper the trip for me. I've confirmed that I'll be going and I've got someone lined up to help with the witness/facilitator duties. I'm waiting on final approval from the SS director. I'll be sure to check back in when I hear. YES!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I wish I could have seen the auctions in question....what were they? Looks like they are all down? I just clicked the link above and it's still up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich_TMNT Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Rare TMNT volume 4 #29 on the bay. I bit pricey though https://www.ebay.com/itm/391564155630 Might be a high price but someone's willing to pay it. Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nriccijr Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I wish I could have seen the auctions in question....what were they? Looks like they are all down? I just clicked the link above and it's still up. I see it now....hmm...very odd. Seller is from CA so quite the trip to ME. Most of the sigs look OK, but the head sketches seem off....plus the red and green sharpies look nice and faded so YUCK! Pete's large free head sketches are pretty rough sometimes, I've had a couple look close to that but there is something off about most of them. Also about 50% of the time he does them facing to the left....odd he has them all facing the same direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woregul Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Rare TMNT volume 4 #29 on the bay. I bit pricey though https://www.ebay.com/itm/391564155630 Might be a high price but someone's willing to pay it. Wow! and I thought the starting bid way high. Congrats to the buyer and seller (mostly the seller) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich_TMNT Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Rare TMNT volume 4 #29 on the bay. I bit pricey though https://www.ebay.com/itm/391564155630 Might be a high price but someone's willing to pay it. Wow! and I thought the starting bid way high. Congrats to the buyer and seller (mostly the seller) That is a crazy selling price...I can't believe it went that high. And it even had some minor damage to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 At nearly $900, don't be surprised to see a few more pop up soon. Very surprised at the price. The skeptic in me thinks this may be a price manipulation scam. I guess we'll see soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex_Luthor Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 I'd like people's opinion on the Laird sketches that this guy is selling. Legit or not? He's got 8 or so listed. I'd definitely avoid. I suppose a few look possibly legit but some of the signatures on the TMNT-Ghostbusters copies are horrid...I've never seen Peter sign that sloppy. And it seems fishy that they got Peter's signatures on very recent books like Batman-TMNT which, with Peter not going to shows, raises a big question about "how" these signatures were acquired. They'd pretty much have to camp out at Shellback and wait for Peter to show up unless they know him personally. Did you send the seller an email asking where Peter signed all these? Would be interesting to see what is said. I call BS on these. If Peter did draw these then he must have been sipping from a flask between sketches. These are all apparently PSA/DNA certified according to the auction. I am not sure exactly how that process works for verifying signatures/sketches but it seems like a lot of work to get the books, spend time faking the sketches and signatures and spend time faking the PSA/DNA labels and certificate #. If you look at his other auctions he has a ton of PSA/DNA legit stuff. Why go through all that work for $150? Or simply wait it out until PSA/DNA lists the certificate # on there site. I say way too much work for a small amount of money, I say they are all legit IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spracknetch23 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 That 29 price was insane. I sold my entire v4 run, including 29 for that much earlier this year. This price is hard to believe, but it doesn't seem shilled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nriccijr Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 PSA/DNA is just someones opinion. As a collectors of sports memorabilia....PSA/DNA would never be in my collection. To me it is on the bottom of the totem pole as far as certifications go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybuck43 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 PSA/DNA is just someones opinion. As a collectors of sports memorabilia....PSA/DNA would never be in my collection. To me it is on the bottom of the totem pole as far as certifications go. Any time PSA/DNA comes up I have to post this, sorry. PSA/DNA certified this signature as authentic. Baseballs were made with Horsehide, not leather until 1970. Even if this was an early prototype, Cobb was dead about 9 years before the first such ball was even made. There are also a bunch of other reasons that ball was made after Cobb's death, including the Wilson logo etc, but all that matters is PSA/DNA and HA thought it was legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybuck43 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Picked this up today at Comic Art Con. Remember getting these cards when I was a kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nriccijr Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 I love those cards!!! Also....2nd batch of stuff for sale...selling some rare prints from the past few years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Cool! I'll be watching. I like some of those prints! Just as a heads up, I did get approval for Signature Series for the final Shellback signing in October. Right now, I'm only going to provide witnessing services for people who will be at the signing. Please, no mail-ins. The reason for this is because the signing is strictly limited to a certain number of items per person. Rather than leaving a lot of people disappointed after the fact, I'm going to try to manage expectations before the signing. We did this for the signing in May and it worked out really well. So if you'll be at the signing and you're interested in having your items witnessed for Signature Series, do me a favor and send me a PM with the books you plan on bringing so I can get a rough count. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...