I can see both sides of the coin. If you are an authenticator why would you give out free opinions? Thats like giving away free product. But sometimes when you sit back and see people asking for an opinion and you see the same guys always saying "no good" but with no explanation it makes you scratch your head. It's easy to say no good, but people like to know why. Especially if it looks really similar to a good signature.
I collect McGwire items and after Operation Bullpen I got tapped by some auction houses to look at their McGwire items because this was before PSA/DNA and most authenticators just did vintage stuff. When people found out I could authenticate his signature I would get emails all the time. Is this good? Is that good? Trouble was, 9 out of 10 items were on Ebay and I was watching them to bid on them. So basically when I would say it was good I had another guy bidding against me. It's a double edged sword! LOL
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