Emma Watson POA Auto Card

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[timmy_russell]

Hi,

I just purchased a harry potter poa emma watson artbox auto card (image attached).  i notice on this card that the area above the sugnature where the image fades to white, the red color is scattered and not evenly faded.  this is the only one i have seeen like this.  do you think this card is a fake?  please let me know.

thanks,
tim

[Bryanjs14]

Tim...I don't think it is a fake. Maybe just a bit of a goofup by the printer. Have you taken it out of it's case? If you do just feel it, the cardstock should be pretty thick, not flimsy or anything like computer paper. The auto looks 100% like hers...also, if you hold the card at an angle, you should see a gloss on the card.

[timmy_russell]

there is a gloss and the cardboard is like some other emma autos, but this makes me a lil unshore.  i have about 4 or 5 of this card and this is the only one with the printing like this.  i agree the signature looks perfect, but anyone can copy it?  have you heard of any fakes in this set?

tim

[Nienna]

Tim,

What's the printing like on the reverse of the card?
Does it match the others you have?
Bryan's right, if the printers printed these cards off in batches then there's every chance of variations in the printing ink. It might be worth looking at all of the POA autos you have side by side, as I think you'll notice that there are differences in the printing which you wouldn't necessarily notice when you're viewing them one at a time. I have cards back from Artbox that look different to the same ones I already own, so don't be too disheartened.
I haven't heard of any fakes doing the rounds, but of course, if someone is determined enough then it's possible. 

Nice auto by the way!! Lucky you owning more than one of them!! 

[Bryanjs14]

yeah when I was trying to put together the Potter auto master set a long while back I noticed cards from the same set sometimes were different. The biggest thing I noticed is that some autograph cards would be a shade or two darker than others.

[actionman]

Here is a scan of the back.... I am the one who sold it to him. (PS: I have not been on here in about 3 years... lol)
Does anyone else have a card in which the red does not dissolve evenly into the white?

[Kelly]

I would say it's probably a printing press error.  Possibly the card was one of the first printed.  I don't know too much about the printing process, but I believe the press operators tweak the press as cards are going through to make sure everything is coming out right.  They may have had too much magenta color, or it just streaked on the first few sheets.  This card may have been on a sheet that got through the quality check unnoticed.