Are these MLB holograms legit?

[Rays & Mariners]

So this person has some auto'd balls listed on ebay right now...
http://www.ebay.com/sch/AutographsOr...=diver_down_78

Its not the Griffey ball but the other 5 all have MLB holograms in strange places, right beside the autograph and the sticker looks like its barely affixed to the ball. Also, the seller states that he had the ball signed in person so did the mlb back in 2001 have autograph signings then put the holograms like this right after you had the ball signed?

Thanks
Eric

[toyman55]

it is gone now!

[Rays & Mariners]

oops guess my link was bad. I will put separate links...



http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brooks-Robin...item1c35b4237e

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ferguson-Jen...item1c35b43b62

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tug-McGraw-s...item1c35b44e8a

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tug-McGraw-s...item1c35b44f17

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dale-Murphy-...item1c35b45cbf

Eric

[joed25]

MLB sometimes authenticated at Fan Fests...

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by joed25

MLB sometimes authenticated at Fan Fests...

They sure did, I have a Rollie Fingers and Orlando Cepeda signed ball that had a sticker put on right in front of me after the player signed it

[Rays & Mariners]

Thanks for the info guys!

Eric

[dapro]

I have couple of balls with MLB hologram and it seems legit to me.

[Maddog]

Originally Posted by isaac2004

They sure did, I have a Rollie Fingers and Orlando Cepeda signed ball that had a sticker put on right in front of me after the player signed it

Agreed, I was at the same signing.
I was able to ask for the hologram to be placed away from the sig, and for my Fingers ball
declined to even have it placed on.

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by joed25

MLB sometimes authenticated at Fan Fests...

Originally Posted by isaac2004

They sure did, I have a Rollie Fingers and Orlando Cepeda signed ball that had a sticker put on right in front of me after the player signed it

I'll second that verification. At this year's All-Star Fanfest, a MLB authenticator was sitting next to the players at the signing table, and you could have your item authenticated for free. I presume you could ask the authenticator to place the hologram sticker in a specific location.

Here's a photo I took at the Fanfest showing Mets star Howard Johnson signing a baseball for a fan, while a MLB authenticator applies an official MLB Authentication Hologram sticker to another ball Johnson just signed and a second individual enters the information into a computer.


(Photo taken July 15, 2013. © Gary Dunaier. Link to upload on Flickr.com: here.)