Antitrust lawsuits against PSA, JSA, and others

[packs]

Why would they do that though? What would they have to gain by not certing authentic items? The fee is collected either way and they have no claim to secondary market sales. The whole basis of their complaint makes no sense to me.

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by packs

Why would they do that though? What would they have to gain by not certing authentic items? The fee is collected either way and they have no claim to secondary market sales. The whole basis of their complaint makes no sense to me.

The plaintiffs are claiming that the TPAs are not certing them as real because it improves the TPAs standing in the autograph business world by holding down others and playing favorites. By controlling who they certify for, they would exert a certain amount of influence over the marketplace.

I think many of us here have experience bias by the TPAs in one way or another, I just don't know how they can prove it based on 10 photos.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

The plaintiffs are claiming that the TPAs are not certing them as real because it improves the TPAs standing in the autograph business world by holding down others and playing favorites. By controlling who they certify for, they would exert a certain amount of influence over the marketplace.

I think many of us here have experience bias by the TPAs in one way or another, I just don't know how they can prove it based on 10 photos.

The TPA's should not know who they are certing for.
Does anyone know for certain if that is the case.

[travrosty]

They are not suppose to know but if someone comes up to the tpa at a show and shows them the cert from a dealer, or tell them it has a cert from whomever, then they know and they shouldnt be able to know.

Quick opinion is always linked to an auction listing, so the tpa will know what dealer cert it has if it has one listed.

[packs]

I'm just not clear on how a company would know you're a dealer or why they would care if you sold your authentic signature after paying their fee. When I drop off items for certification I'm just some guy walking in. I don't hand them a business card.

If your item isn't authentic, why should they pass it just because you want to sell it?

[travrosty]

Originally Posted by packs

I'm just not clear on how a company would know you're a dealer or why they would care if you sold your authentic signature after paying their fee. When I drop off items for certification I'm just some guy walking in. I don't hand them a business card.

If your item isn't authentic, why should they pass it just because you want to sell it?

The dealers werent dropping off their own items. Other people who bought the item from that dealer were then dropping them off for certification, and they included the dealer cert with the item when they dropped it off.