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Posted By: <b>Bill Panagopulos</b><p>I could just barf...<br /><br />See that comment about the Ali piece above?<br /><br />Another example of someone who has been COMPLETELY turned off of autographs because of corrupt, inept, dishonest, incompetent, idiotic and/or otherwise simply criminal autograph authenticators.<br /><br />Who pays the price? Not just the poor victims duped into buying fake junk, but you and I. Why? As more and more of this fake crap hits the market at garage sale prices, our authentic material just sees its prices get diluted. And the more people are turned off, the smaller the market becomes for our authentic material, and hence the lower the price it will fetch when we finally decide to sell it. <br /><br />So, next time you run into an incompetent forensic examiner, or a shady auctioneer, or an idiot authenticator, thank him for plucking a few bucks out of your kid's college fund every day.