Need advice Michael Jordan UD auto basketball

[Big Ben]

Need some help. A friend of mine has been offered an Upper Deck authenticated Michael Jordan autograph Wilson basketball with COA from a person he works with. I will not collect anything like this so I was wondering what scam to look out for and a decent market price. He has been offered $1,000.

Thanks in advance.

[travrosty]

Originally Posted by Big Ben

Need some help. A friend of mine has been offered an Upper Deck authenticated Michael Jordan autograph Wilson basketball with COA from a person he works with. I will not collect anything like this so I was wondering what scam to look out for and a decent market price. He has been offered $1,000.

Thanks in advance.

UDA has a five point system of authentication, so he should get a cert card with hologram cert number which matches the one on the ball, and upper deck should be able to confirm it with picture proof that it is the ball jordan signed. if they can't, then stay away.

[drc]

UDA authentication itself is as reliable as there is, and I haven't of heard of any Score Board-esque issues with them. I would think if the holograms are there, it probably is legit.

A good thing to do is to go on eBay or wherever to see what the COAs and holograms look like. The hologram on the signed item is usually oval/football shaped with the serial number.

[Big Ben]

Thank you both for your input. As you can tell, I am not into the Upper Deck authenticating process. I also directed my friend to the completed listings part of EBay.

Once again my friend and I appreciate everything.

[drc]

Unlike PSA which gives judgement after the fact, UDA hires the athletes under contract to to sign and has a strict signing/authentication process. It's essentially like in person autographs.

[Sean1125]

You can get Jordan UDA basketballs for cheaper than $1k if you sit and wait a bit...I've seen them sell for $600-$800 consistently and sold 2 in the $750 range myself.