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Posted By: shellyjaffe

Has anyone else seen the article on PSA/DNA?

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050210/ap_en_ot/autograph_fraud_3>

According to the article, PSA/DNA has authenticated over 8 MILLION items. Here is a snip from the article:

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" PSA/DNA has been tracking fakes for about two years, and started tracking celebrity autographs last year, president Joe Orlando said. The company's experts analyze handwriting and materials, and preside over signings to authenticate signatures. Items are outfitted with a hologram which tracks the life of the signed poster, jersey or album cover.


So far, the company has authenticated more than eight million items, but that doesn't scratch the surface of the millions of forged items out there, Orlando said."

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PSA/DNA has been in business since 1998.

Working 7 years, 52 weeks a year, 5 days a week, 8 hours a day, this means that they authenticate 549 autographs an hour or 9.157 autographs a minute.<br />Now I know why all the top auction houses feel comfortable with PSA.