All of these authentication companies should be viewed as just paying a good amount of money for a Second opinion, nothing more. Granted, sometimes that "opinion" is more of a careless or passing opinion (as we all know due to the ton of authenticated forgeries out there). I would never waste my money on authenticating my collection. Nor do I place any heavier value when I buy or bid on something just because it has one of these PSA/DNA/JSA/GFA, etc certs. The only certificates I would place value on are MLB holograms, possibly Steiner, and maybe some of the player owned company holograms.
Speaking of which, does anybody have opinions on the authentication of these player holograms like Stan the Man, Ichiro hologram (ADA Financial), Reggie Jackson's, Bonds, etc? Would you classify these certifications as reliably along the same lines as the MLB certs/holograms?
