Signed T-Shirt on eGay

YourValentine 02 December 2004 04:06 · Member since July 2001

Hi folks, this auction was brought to our notice

http://www.egay.co.uk/Auction/APViewItem.asp?ID=496

I don't know if the signatures are genuine. I never heard of eGay before but it seems to be a charity auction.

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Jjeroen 02 December 2004 04:34 · Member since May 2002

Never heard of it either... But at first sight the signatures do look pretty genuine! (considering that sigs on cloth understandably always look a little different...)

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iGSM 02 December 2004 05:51 · Member since May 2003

I thought you were taking the piss at first, heh.

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Mr. Scully 02 December 2004 06:00 · Member since July 2001

The scan is so bad that I can't see almost anything. Could be genuine, could be fake. Look at "y" in "May", it doesn't look genuine to me.

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Jjeroen 02 December 2004 07:47 · Member since May 2002

...contrairy to the 'B', which looks véry authentic...!?

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SergeantPepperDG 02 December 2004 08:31 · Member since July 2004

There's actually an "eGay"? I thought that was just a joke on "Weekend Update"... Guess not...

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YourValentine 02 December 2004 09:33 · Member since July 2001

It's virtually impossible to judge from that poor scan but the Terrence Higgins Trust is really profiting from this auction

http://www.tht.org.uk/fundraise_for-us/new_shopngive.htm

The "Queen" drawing looks like done by Roger, I think I saw similar drawings before. If this was really signed in 1990, it's worth a lot for those who collect such signatures.

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Unknown 02 December 2004 10:18

For a while, I thought the "eGay" thing was on purpose done by YV. Anyway, the signature looks quite convincing, better scans will do it justice.

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egay 02 December 2004 10:18 · Member since December 2004

Hi all

eGay.co.uk has been given this t-shirt by Terrence Higgins Trust to auction on their behalf. Unfortunately the picture hasn't come out great. The t-shirt was signed as part of the Terrence Higgins Micro Rent Challenge in 1990 and as far as we know has been in a cupboard at Terrence Higgins Trust since then.

Regards

egay.co.uk

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Sonia Doris 02 December 2004 10:19 · Member since July 2004

i didnt even know egay existed...cool! heheh

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YourValentine 02 December 2004 10:32 · Member since July 2001

Welcome to the QZ board, egay. If we nerds on Queenzone here have not heard of egay, it's time you get some promotion:)

It's great that 5% of all profit on the website is donated to the Terrence Higgins Trust. Good luck with the auction!

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Whatinthewhatthe? 02 December 2004 10:36 · Member since July 2001

Any COA with that shirt? A friend of mine is considering bidding on it.

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egay 02 December 2004 10:54 · Member since December 2004

Hi

There isn't a COA with the shirt, all I can say is that we have been given the t-shirt directly from Terrence Higgins Trust to auction to help them raise funds. As you will see on the site there are a number of other items that they have also given us to sell for them (unfortunately no other Queen related ones). I have no reason to doubt that this is not genuine, the t-shirt is a white t-shirt that Terrence Higgins Trust had printed for a specific campaign that they did in 1990, the Queen name at the top has '90 next to it and John Deacon has put '90 next to his signature.

Kind regards

egay.co.uk

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egay 02 December 2004 11:28 · Member since December 2004

Forgot to say if anyone wants us to e-mail some additional photos of the t-shirt to them then please let me know, this may allay some of the fears around authenticity. We can be contacted via [email protected].

Thanks

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rachael mae. 02 December 2004 12:01 · Member since November 2004

I also never knew this existed and believed it was a funny joke on eBay's behalf.. I'm actually considering bidding on this...

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