PSA autograph authentication

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by marzoumanian

Humans grade and sometimes they will make mistakes.

Mark Davis told me this autograph, which I got in person at a Warriors game, was fake.

[insidethewrapper]

I had a Sparky Anderson auto come back as fake and I was there when he signed it .

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

I had a Sparky Anderson auto come back as fake and I was there when he signed it .

Better to err on the side of caution, no?


100% of coaches coner autos are fake.

[Rhotchkiss]

I have no real basis for my 50% statement. It was a bit of hyperbole. I don’t trust their “opinions” very much. And, I do think many autos are fakes. Just like I think many numerically graded cards have been altered. And it’s not just PSA. I think they all mess up, a lot. More than we think. I just don’t like PSA’s hubris with “never get cheated”.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I have no real basis for my 50% statement. It was a bit of hyperbole. I don’t trust their “opinions” very much. And, I do think many autos are fakes. Just like I think many numerically graded cards have been altered. And it’s not just PSA. I think they all mess up, a lot. More than we think. I just don’t like PSA’s hubris with “never get cheated”.

That is hubris to say that, no doubt, and it's easy to dislike PSA's imperial position within the hobby, with cards and autographs living and dying by their decisions. But it seems to me, Ryan, that you need more than "I think" to accuse them of slabbing "a lot" of fakes and vice versa. That just doesn't pass muster without being able to back it up with more than an anecdote or two. I don't know about the card side, but "I think" the top handful of vintage autograph guys are very good at what they do and provide a valuable service to collectors and the hobby.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Mark Davis told me this autograph, which I got in person at a Warriors game, was fake.

Just curious: why would you ask him if he thought it was good? What were the circumstances?