Is JSA a trustworty company

[theshleps]

or like me twice I submitted an autograph to JSA same autograph and the same person looked at it 2 months apart- 1st time rejected 2nd time accepted- same authenticator same item. Once a vintage player once a modern one. So can't even agree with himself

[earlywynnfan]

JSA is the company I took a low-end auto'd baseball to at a National once. The approximately 22-year old I handed the ball to look at it, puzzled, for a few minutes. I said "It's Gene Conley." He said "Oh," walked to a binder, wrote some stuff down, put a hologram on it, and handed it back to me.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

JSA is the company I took a low-end auto'd baseball to at a National once. The approximately 22-year old I handed the ball to look at it, puzzled, for a few minutes. I said "It's Gene Conley." He said "Oh," walked to a binder, wrote some stuff down, put a hologram on it, and handed it back to me.

Funny,,,

[Klrdds]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

JSA is the company I took a low-end auto'd baseball to at a National once. The approximately 22-year old I handed the ball to look at it, puzzled, for a few minutes. I said "It's Gene Conley." He said "Oh," walked to a binder, wrote some stuff down, put a hologram on it, and handed it back to me.

Thank goodness you didn't take the kid a Cap Anson. He probably would've messed his pants and had to have called home.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Klrdds

Thank goodness you didn't take the kid a Cap Anson. He probably would've messed his pants and had to have called home.

[Gary Dunaier]

There have also been news stories where the reporter got an autograph from a player at a show, took it to the authentication booth at the very same show, and the autograph was rejected as being fake.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by theshleps

or like me twice I submitted an autograph to JSA same autograph and the same person looked at it 2 months apart- 1st time rejected 2nd time accepted- same authenticator same item. Once a vintage player once a modern one. So can't even agree with himself

Michael,
I think you caught them on "schizophrenics day." Best not to do that.

[theshleps]

Rich- you think they'd be smart enough to keep scans of the ones they reject so they can be consistent with themselves. If they change their mind every two months what does that say about their company as to trustworthiness. When guys like you and Jim retire and most of us that have been collecting for decades either sell out or pass the collections down to unknowing relatives, I pity the hobby as there just aren't enough in the under 50 crowd that know enough and the TPA's will be even more of a disgrace. For awhile one company was slabbing wife signed Fabers and rejecting good ones, etc