eBay bookseller accused of forging author signatures
Speculation is running rampant on eBay's message board about the identity of a bookseller found guilty of forging author signatures on copies of books advertised as authentic, signed collectibles.
According to the gossip, a judge ruled against the bookseller in a lawsuit involving two alleged forgeries auctioned for $70,000. But the bookseller hasn't been publicly identified, supposedly because the judge hasn't yet published his opinion.
Some booksellers believe that a significant portion of signed collectibles on eBay are forged, but law-enforcement authorities seldom investigate. One entrepreneur even brags of how he perpetrated one of the biggest eBay collectible scams in history.
eBay does a brisk business in rare books.
Signatures are not the only thing that makes a book collectible. This brand-new bestseller is a hot collectible now because its author was accused last week of having plagiarized parts of other popular novels. And so the publisher is recalling the title from bookstore shelves.
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According to the gossip, a judge ruled against the bookseller in a lawsuit involving two alleged forgeries auctioned for $70,000. But the bookseller hasn't been publicly identified, supposedly because the judge hasn't yet published his opinion.
Some booksellers believe that a significant portion of signed collectibles on eBay are forged, but law-enforcement authorities seldom investigate. One entrepreneur even brags of how he perpetrated one of the biggest eBay collectible scams in history.
eBay does a brisk business in rare books.
Signatures are not the only thing that makes a book collectible. This brand-new bestseller is a hot collectible now because its author was accused last week of having plagiarized parts of other popular novels. And so the publisher is recalling the title from bookstore shelves.
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posted by Steve Weber at 5/03/2006
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