I was surprised to see this thread because I was pondering the exact same thing recently and was thinking about starting my own thread about it.
Sometimes the thrill of victory of getting an autograph is followed by the agony of defeat when looking at the signature and seeing a pile of scribble.
I wonder if third party authenticators carry "rushed" exemplars of autographs? The kind given out when the athlete is consumed by a mob and just wants to go back to the hotel and eat dinner.
I've submitted a few of these types of autographs when life was happening and I needed the money. Some were rejected even though I knew they were real.
I wasn't really too upset. I guess I would rather have these companies reject these types of autographs rather than pass everything that "might" be genuine.
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