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Originally posted by Hedgehog Witch:

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Originally posted by ravenheart:
Right, now Henshall has signed, I'm getting greedy. Tim McInnerny next please.

I'm hoping for Tim too. I've been a big fan of his from the 'Blackadder' days. If he does sign it's hopeful that he'll also sign for the next Game of Thrones set...even with different card manufacturers.

With most of the cast signing, surely they can get Balfe to sign too?! Pretty please... It does make us sound greedy, but we're all a little OCD with this hobby. I certainly am!

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Originally posted by Logan:
Another awesome addition!!

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Originally posted by ravenheart:
Not judging my some of the absurd prices I've seen people paying for autos in this already. Sam Houghton has sold for anything between $100 and $400. I think it's definitely fair to say there are one or two people in the US who are very keen indeed.

I now know of at least one UK dealer who will be getting at least some of this, pending delays on the binders.

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Originally posted by Hedgehog Witch:
Just been looking on evilbay and seen several autograph cards for Tim McInnery. It's a UK seller, and they seem to have only that auto card and lots of them with a few variations. They look genuine....but they're not in the Cryptozoic checklist? Did they not get returned by Tim in time and someone bought them?

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Originally posted by ravenheart:
I asked Crypto about these. This was their response:

"These are cards that were planned to be a part of the set but were apparently lost in the mail and never returned. We did not release these cards in any way. As such, we cannot verify the validity of the signatures and they are not officially part of the set."

Logically, if they were lost in the mail on the way to Tim to be signed, Crypto would have either sent him a new batch, or said in their above response that they know he never received them, therefore the signature is not authentic. Therefore, they were lost in the mail on the way back to Crpto. I'd therefore say, especially as this is apparently the cheapest Outlander card on the market, they are authentic signatures.

Given that the seller only really sells cheap household tat, I don't see them spending the last few weeks making sure they used the right kind of pen, replicating Tim's signature from internet photos, coming up with plausible variants, etc. They're an opportunist who got lucky, is my guess.

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Originally posted by Raven:

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Originally posted by ravenheart:
I asked Crypto about these. This was their response:

"These are cards that were planned to be a part of the set but were apparently lost in the mail and never returned. We did not release these cards in any way. As such, we cannot verify the validity of the signatures and they are not officially part of the set."

Logically, if they were lost in the mail on the way to Tim to be signed, Crypto would have either sent him a new batch, or said in their above response that they know he never received them, therefore the signature is not authentic. Therefore, they were lost in the mail on the way back to Crpto. I'd therefore say, especially as this is apparently the cheapest Outlander card on the market, they are authentic signatures.

Given that the seller only really sells cheap household tat, I don't see them spending the last few weeks making sure they used the right kind of pen, replicating Tim's signature from internet photos, coming up with plausible variants, etc. They're an opportunist who got lucky, is my guess.

So I don't know who you are talking about, since this is apparently going on in Merry Old England, and I'm just reading this story as it is being presented.

If this is correct, it's not lucky, it's probably criminal if Crypto wants to pursue it. Somebody in some manner, got a hold of the licensed cards CZE made, that they intended and maybe paid Tim McInnery to sign, and is now selling the autographed cards for their own profit. If this is true, how is that not criminal?

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Originally posted by Raven:
If this is correct, it's not lucky, it's probably criminal if Crypto wants to pursue it. Somebody in some manner, got a hold of the licensed cards CZE made, that they intended and maybe paid Tim McInnery to sign, and is now selling the autographed cards for their own profit. If this is true, how is that not criminal?

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Originally posted by hammer:
Perhaps Tim sold them to the seller once he realised he was too late to send them in!!!!!