What's authentic and what isn't. I don't think I have any 1934 autographs.
"Arthur Chipperfield was the surprise choice of the 1934 Australian cricket team to England and even at 29 and already bald was considered the team "junior", so was lumbered on board the SS Orford, en route for Europe, with forging on bats and sheets the signatures of most of the team. It was just before he died, at 81 in 1987, that the old player admitted as much to the author and cricket antiquarian David Frith. "I totally believed him after the dear old boy had displayed to me near-perfect signature forgeries of Bradman, O'Reilly and Oldfield," says Frith, "and it changed my collecting life when it comes to autographs. I've never since trusted any signature as genuine unless I've actually seen it written. With Bradman's signature now fetching over £50, the Bradman Museum employs a forensic analyst to verify the great man's autograph."
Frank Keating The Guardian, Monday 24 September 2001
"Arthur Chipperfield was the surprise choice of the 1934 Australian cricket team to England and even at 29 and already bald was considered the team "junior", so was lumbered on board the SS Orford, en route for Europe, with forging on bats and sheets the signatures of most of the team. It was just before he died, at 81 in 1987, that the old player admitted as much to the author and cricket antiquarian David Frith. "I totally believed him after the dear old boy had displayed to me near-perfect signature forgeries of Bradman, O'Reilly and Oldfield," says Frith, "and it changed my collecting life when it comes to autographs. I've never since trusted any signature as genuine unless I've actually seen it written. With Bradman's signature now fetching over £50, the Bradman Museum employs a forensic analyst to verify the great man's autograph."
Frank Keating The Guardian, Monday 24 September 2001