Unrelated to the primary issue but an incident that is worthy of posting here.
I sold a non sports autograph of a prominent person to a dealer who subscribes to my mailing list. He is a regular buyer who submits all his autographs to TPA.
The autograph was declined by PSA. I was certain it was authentic. I showed a scan of the autograph to a close friend/dealer who is well known on this board. He agreed with me about the authenticity of the autograph.
The buyer said if I would cover the cost of a second rejection he would submit the autograph to JSA. If the autograph came back authentic he would pay the authentication fee.
The autograph was authenticated by JSA.
Is one authentication service better than the other? I don't think so.
Should TPA opinions be held up as the hobby "holy grail?" Obviously not.
As Linda Richman would say "Discuss amongst yourselves."
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