Furious Liza Minnelli fans are demanding refunds after signed copies of her book allegedly included an autopen signature. Collectors have claimed the 80-year-old’s signature is too uniform in copies of her new memoir, Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!, whichwasreleased in March. They say books were marketed as “hand-signed collectibles” for as much as $250, but they can’t have been written directly by the Cabaret star, after having used tracing paper to find that the signatures were strikingly similar. “When you see footage of Liza today in her own documentary, she is far too frail to have signed a handful of books this accurately, let alone hundreds,” U.K.-based signed autograph collector Gareth Brown told The Guardian after paying the equivalent of $33 for his copy. “It has sadly been common for many celebrities to sell ‘signed’ merchandise featuring fake signatures,” Justin Steffman, who is CEO of authentication firm AutographCOA, told the newspaper. “So uncovering that Liza Minnelli’s memoir features what looks like autopen-signed autographs was no surprise.” The singing, dancing, acting, Oscar-winning star is the daughter of the late star Judy Garland. The Daily Beast has reached out to her representatives for comment.
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