JSA Team...

[travrosty]

Originally Posted by packs

Hey all I was saying was don't discount someone because of their age. We're looking at a photo of people behind a desk and making assumptions about what they do or do not know. Would you feel comfortable looking at that photo if it were just 2 old men back there? Either way you're just guessing at who you're looking at.

Age doesn't qualify you to know what you are doing, so two old men may or may not know how to authenticate. but two young guys are almost assuredly going to lack the many, many years of experience it takes to authenticate autographs of all categories like they are being paid to do. If it takes many, many years of experience to be good at authenticating autographs, and they don't have many, many years, I guess I cant tell you any more than that.

[Stanesq]

An 18 year old and a 40 year old can both drive a car. When the tractor trailer makes an emergency manuever and comes into your lane, who do you want behind the wheel? The 18 year old with a years experience or the guy who has been driving 23 years and, at least in theory, had encountered similar emergent circumstances that will cause him to make an evasive manuever. In ,y scenario, sometimes its just the grace of God that saves you. In the world of authentication, I wonder how many items pass through the cracks of an inexperience authenticator.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Stanesq

An 18 year old and a 40 year old can both drive a car. When the tractor trailer makes an emergency manuever and comes into your lane, who do you want behind the wheel? The 18 year old with a years experience or the guy who has been driving 23 years and, at least in theory, had encountered similar emergent circumstances that will cause him to make an evasive manuever. In ,y scenario, sometimes its just the grace of God that saves you. In the world of authentication, I wonder how many items pass through the cracks of an inexperience authenticator.

Very good question at the end of your post.
Is a collector paying Spence $250 to have a young boy authenticate Babe Ruth from computer exemplars?

[JimStinson]

I don't think I've ever seen a photo in my life that made me want to LAUGH & CRY at the same time .....

Like watching Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder Play a game of ping pong !!!

They should have never cut corners and tried to save a few bucks on the curtains where you could not see who was doing the authentication.

Seriously If I was boarding a 747 to fly with my family knowing I would soon be flying in the air at 30,000 feet and as I boarded the plane I looked at the pilot and co pilot and saw THAT ...regardless of their , credentials , personalities or other intangibles I would immediately leave the plane and take a bus or wait till the next flight
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[JimStinson]

These guys would make me feel a little more comfortable with their expertise in flying although at the time they had very little experience in it
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[travrosty]

But from the looks of the first photo, they have clipboards, so that's something.

You would take a bus, even if it meant an ocean crossing, you would risk the sharks.

[Teamgluck]

With problems in JSA and PSA appearing regularly do you think we are going to have more auction sites really solely on independent authenticators such as Stinson, Simon, Keating and Albersheim?

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by Teamgluck

With problems in JSA and PSA appearing regularly do you think we are going to have more auction sites really solely on independent authenticators such as Stinson, Simon, Keating and Albersheim?

If only.

Tom C

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Teamgluck

With problems in JSA and PSA appearing regularly do you think we are going to have more auction sites really solely on independent authenticators such as Stinson, Simon, Keating and Albersheim?

Maybe my next call will be from Heritage