Question about PSA/JSA "Guarantees"

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Originally Posted by travrosty

is steve grad looking at QO for 7.95 a shot? like Richard says, I don't think so. so who is giving this 'qualified' opinion if the A team isn't exactly impressing me? the c team, the d team, a guy who wants to make the d team?

ask joe o, he won't say.

A vintage muhammad ali signature with the less common 'A frame" capital A came back not authentic during a quick opinion, because the guy looking at it wasnt familiar with that variation. that's how good they are.

I don't know for sure but I think there is an escalation process. I believe that even their most junior authenticators can pick out the majority of the bad fakes out there. On the tougher ones, they get a second look from a senior guy. I had a Ronald Reagan sig looked at once. I was pretty sure the subject piece was an autopen sig gone awry. Oddly, psa didn't render an opinion for like 3 or 4 days. I was told they needed their specialist to look at it. That at least is reassuring, and sure enough, they reached the same opinion I reached, not likely genuine. But back to the point, the authenticity of an item doesn't matter to most people, the sticker does, since there is a market for stickered items. Unfortunate, but that is reality. A positive quick opinion will almost always get a thumbs up if you were to send it in for the full cert. I have yet to see a quick opinion fail. Same with auction LOAs. I have seen precertified lots of 50+ 8x10s. Do you think they spent more than 15 minutes precertifying the lot? Psa now gurantees all precertified items will get a sticker.