Quick Questions Answered.

Why is your service free?

We are collectors and fans of films and movies.  We do not do this for the financial gain, only to protect other fans.  With this in mind are time is precious and if you have several items to authenticate, need a replacement COA, need a rush authentication or any other non-standard request there is a small fee involved.

What do you mean rush?

Since our services is free in generally takes about 2 weeks to process a free request, if you need a rush authentication the fee for this is $14.00 and will be done in 2 days or less.

What if my item comes back as non genuine?

Please keep in mind that out authentication is only our opinion and there is a slight chance we are wrong; however, 99% of the time it is relatively easy for us to confirm.  If your item comes back as non genuine it is entirely up to you if you wish to keep the item or seek a refund from your seller.

Why is there not much here?

We keep it simple to focus on the work, we are not making money so we are not spending money on website design, posting, server fees, as that would force us to charge fees.

What items do you sell?

We do not sell autographed items.

What can I expect to come back?

Our grading is in 3 categories

Authentic – it is our opinion your item is 100% authentic

Inconclusive – We can not say with 100% certainty if the item is authentic or non authentic. (this could be due to smudges, fast signings, etc..)

Not Genuine – it is our opinion that the autograph is not genuine

Can you help me any other way?

Some good guidelines to keep in mind is that if there is a seller with 10 items that are exactly the same there is a good chance that they are not genuine.

If they are signed at a table it is more likely that the star take there time and the autographs will be neat and tidy.

If it is a bigger item, such as a poster, it is normal to expect some wrinkles and slight marks from being transported.

We are always happy to answer any questions you have for us.

Authentication Service

It’s a service provided by the RICA Autograph, that enables you to get an opinion from our forensic document examiners as to the genuineness of your item. An Online Authentication is a service that covers the obvious characteristics of handwriting such as letter formations, spacing, slant, line quality, measurement of slant and spacing, patterns, proportions, connections, and the initial and terminal stroke formations, etc.

We do this for the love of the items, we will gladly accept a scan of your item an evaluate it at no cost.  This is not as extensive as hands on authentication but would be willing to have you ship your item to us as well.

How we do this: Like most current authentication we use line matching and we examine each and every component and letter of an autograph, paying close attention to characteristics such as signature flow, style, spontaneity, letter angle, side-by-side comparisons, object evaluation.

We also have many tools at our disposal including a Video Spectral Comparator which uses sophisticated color and infrared imaging, magnification, coaxial lighting, side lighting, and on-screen, side-by-side or overlaid autograph comparisons.

We offer this free service and cut our overhead by using a inexpensive advertising, free web hosting, and word of mouth.  We are a group of over 25 fans of films, with years of authenticating our own items.   Sadly most come back as blatantly fake, this is a necessary evil in the collecting game.  This does not mean the person you obtained it from is at fault, as it has generally been sold to them as well.

We are fans of films and memorabilia  and as such do our very best to keep the quality of this wonderful past time. Because of our specialty in movies and film we cannot not guarantee accurate results with sports or music memorabilia.

Feel free to contact us at AuthRICA@gmx.com