Always be careful when dealing with autographed books. I do my due diligence and extensive research before dealing any signed book online, especially before selling them on Avalon.ph.

From readingeagle.com:

A Reading man is accused of forging these names and others on books to sell online:

Truman Capote, Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton, John Grisham, John Irving, Norman Mailer, James Michener, Annie Proulx, Anne Rice, Philip Roth, Leon Uris, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Wolfe

“A Reading man has been indicted on federal charges that he made more than $300,000 over six years by forging the signatures of famous authors on books before selling them to unsuspecting buyers on the auction Web site eBay….”

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