Warning: Stop trusting those 'authentic' prop certificates without checking the guild stamp first

I saw a guy drop $400 on a "screen-used" blaster from a famous sci-fi movie at a con in Denver last week, but the COA had a typo and no replica guild registry number. Turns out it was a recast sold as original, and the seller ghosted him after payment. Has anyone else run into fake COAs from specific prop houses on the west coast?

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margaret_flores177d ago

Learned that lesson the hard way myself a few years back so I feel for that guy. Now I always check the prop forums first to see if the guild stamp matches what the seller claims, sometimes the numbers are tied to specific runs or replicas. Found a recast ring from a fantasy movie that way the COA looked perfect but the registry listed it as a fan replica not a screen used piece. Getting the seller to refund was a nightmare, but having that proof helped me win the chargeback with my bank. Checking the stamp literally saved me from buying a fake lightsaber hilt last month too, the number was one digit off from the real guild listing.