Fake "Think different" posters...

WardC said:

I have been browsing the Think different posters on eBay for quite awhile and I have noticed a ton of fake posters listed for sale. In the past, you could almost always count on the 24"x36" size posters being authentic, but I have even seen quite a few of these size fakes on eBay. They are counterfeiting the 11x17 size too, the educator series. I have seen a "Complete poster set" listed on eBay which are 8.5"x11" size (Apple never made this size), and these are clearly fakes. Some of the fakes are hard to tell, you just have to be very careful and know how to spot a fake. Most of the "Proofs" listed on eBay are fakes. Apple made 3 sizes of the posters: 24"x36" (full size), 22"x28" (Apple made these with a different non-glossy paper) and the 11x17" educator series which came 10 different posters, 3 of each, 30 to a box.

Again, you have to be really careful when buying and know how to spot a fake poster. Knowing which poster designs are real (there are a bunch of fake posters with photos and people Apple never used), and knowing the correct sizes, placement of logo, and color and size of logo is essential in spotting a fake. Apple only used the six color logo on the early posters and only on the 24"x36" size posters. Apple never used the six color logo on the smaller posters or the educator series. The full-size posters were printed on thick glossy type paper.

I think that covers it all. Has anybody else had any experience, or seen these fake posters on eBay? Has anybody bought a fake poster and then realized it was a fake? Do you have any other advice to give to avoid being scammed by fake poster sellers on eBay?

I write this post in the hope that others will learn and not unknowingly buy fake posters, and know how to spot the real ones.

Thanks.
-Ward

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whyspyguy said:

[doublepost=1452919005][/doublepost]I have 9 of the 10 posters in the educator series but not sure if they are authentic although I believe they are as I got them when I was an educator. Mine are 11x17 and the apples are either all black or all white along with corresponding words "Think different." There is no other writing anywhere else on the posters neither front nor back. I am only missing Jim Henson which I am going to pursue as I want the whole set to frame. Please give me more info on how I can determine their authenticity. Thanks!

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sunapple said:

Okay, so in the last few weeks I received 10 Apple Think Different posters: iMac G3, G4 and Cube, Educator: Miles Davis, Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso and 24x36: Buzz Aldrin, Martha Graham, Maria Callas and Joan Baez.

24x36 are my main concern. Although I paid only about 50€ per poster (all locally and used from The Netherlands, some at least over ten years of age, so no real clues there), I still would like to know if they're real or fake. I would still love them, but maybe slightly less

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So the left two are slightly bigger than the right two. Right measures 61x91 (24x36 inches) left measures 68x98 cm (2,76 inch bigger). This could mean the bigger ones are fake, because the sizes are wrong, but logo placement and quality of the picture and paper seems very legit. Joan Baez which should be the right size seems too dark, because you can't make out the details on her clothing.

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Educator posters all look like this and are from the right size:
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What do you guys think? Are they real, very good copies or just plain fake?

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