Auction LOAs are a scourge on the hobby and need to be banned

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

OK, now it gets weird. The "JSA Auction Letter" turns out to be a full JSA LOA. The item, sadly, is a preprint. Here is the one I already own (top card):



Unless Jim Jeffries managed to sign these cards with identically placed and sized signatures, right down to the spacing of the loops between the letters, this is a preprint that JSA certified as an autograph with its full LOA, after being "thoroughly examined."

Really???

ETA: I do have to clarify one thing: the 'signature' is an overprint, not a watermark. Regardless, it ain't signed. I think I'll contact JSA...

The "signature" may be an overprint, but one thing is certain. The two examples you show are most definitely not identical.

[autograf]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

The "signature" may be an overprint, but one thing is certain. The two examples you show are most definitely not identical.

+1. Maybe different printings?

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

The "signature" may be an overprint, but one thing is certain. The two examples you show are most definitely not identical.

Agreed. Nothing about those two overprints is even remotely the same.

[Exhibitman]

Perhaps I created some confusion with my example, which showed two cards, one of which was the same as the one MEARS sold. Here are the two side by side, the MEARS item on the left and mine on the right:



They look identical to me.

I just examined the two side by side and they are the same.

[MEARSAUCTIONS]

Net54 Members,

I was traveling yesterday and was not able to review and post a response until now. The postcard that was sold in our July boxing auction should never have been offered with a JSA letter.

It was an obvious facsimile and should have been removed at the time of our initial lotting.

I take full responsibility for the mistake and will issue a refund to Adam.

Regards,


Troy R. Kinunen - MEARS Auctions
troy@mearsonline.com , 414 828 9990


PS: If anybody has any immediate questions or comments, give me a call as I will have limited access to internet today for the purpose of checking this post or reading emails.

[brooklynbaseball]

Originally Posted by MEARSAUCTIONS

Net54 Members,

I was traveling yesterday and was not able to review and post a response until now. The postcard that was sold in our July boxing auction should never have been offered with a JSA letter.

It was an obvious facsimile and should have been removed at the time of our initial lotting.

I take full responsibility for the mistake and will issue a refund to Adam.

Regards,


Troy R. Kinunen - MEARS Auctions
troy@mearsonline.com , 414 828 9990


PS: If anybody has any immediate questions or comments, give me a call as I will have limited access to internet today for the purpose of checking this post or reading emails.

Wonder what JSA has to say about this????