JSA sticker affixed to loa instead of autographed item?

[gregr2]

Originally Posted by Leon

Thank goodness JSA is listening to collectors who don't want their rare and valuable items partially ruined with the !@#$%^ stickers. I hate them......and have had more than 1 of those darned things on the front of an item.

Me too!! Now if I'm looking for an item and I see the sticker on the front, I almost immediately eliminate it from consideration and keep looking. Why do they want to ruin valuable items with their sticker????

[packs]

You can spot bogus LOAs because they don't have the sticker affixed to them. Always check the LOA and make sure it has a sticker. I've seen a few fakes in my searches.

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by packs

You can spot bogus LOAs because they don't have the sticker affixed to them. Always check the LOA and make sure it has a sticker. I've seen a few fakes in my searches.

This is not necessarily accurate. If the sticker has been placed on the item, the LOA will not have a sticker.

[packs]

Well yeah but I meant if an item doesn't have a sticker and the LOA doesn't have a sticker, it is a bogus LOA. The poster asked about items with stickers on the LOA but not the item.

[thenavarro]

Originally Posted by packs

Well yeah but I meant if an item doesn't have a sticker and the LOA doesn't have a sticker, it is a bogus LOA. The poster asked about items with stickers on the LOA but not the item.

That's not always true either. Some people end up taking the sticker off the item for whatever reason (aesthetic or otherwise), and thus they'll have a letter with no sticker and an item with no sticker.

Not meaning to "bust your balls" over a technicality, just didn't want "newbies" to believe a blanket rule that is not accurate.

[packs]

Fear not, my balls are fine. I can't account for every situation but all things being equal an item without a sticker with an LOA without a sticker would raise a major red flag for me.

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by thenavarro

Some people end up taking the sticker off the item for whatever reason (aesthetic or otherwise), and thus they'll have a letter with no sticker and an item with no sticker.

Aren't the stickers designed to be self-destructive if there's an attempt to remove them?

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by Gary Dunaier

Aren't the stickers designed to be self-destructive if there's an attempt to remove them?

Yes. They can be removed, but they break apart. So in all likelihood, you will be removing a number of fragments with tweezers.

[parker1b2]

Originally Posted by gregr2

Me too!! Now if I'm looking for an item and I see the sticker on the front, I almost immediately eliminate it from consideration and keep looking. Why do they want to ruin valuable items with their sticker????

^^^Yeah that^^^^