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How can PSA deem a squiggly line as an authentic autograph?

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Permalink Reply by Rich on March 24, 2015 at 3:23pm

Yeah, I have two in-person Kilmers he signed at C2E2 a couple years ago, and it occurred to me afterwards that selling one of them might be especially difficult (though he inscribed one "Doc," which I guess counts for a bit of handwriting). If I was to send it to JSA or PSA, I'm guessing they might not authenticate it because I'm a "nobody" in the hobby and I'm not feeding them loads of cash.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Roberts on March 24, 2015 at 4:14pm

Throw it up here Rich -I would love to see it.

Mark

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Permalink Reply by Rich on August 8, 2015 at 11:31am

Sorry, just realize I never posted them. Here are the Kilmers I was referring to.

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Permalink Reply by Sports n Stuff on March 27, 2015 at 10:17am

When a companies traded on Nasdaq they are forced to make sure they keep the profits rolling. They are a corporation and the bottom line is always making a profit!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Roberts on March 24, 2015 at 4:17pm

And yes - authenticating something like is total absurd. A friend of mine got Robin Williams about a year and 1/2 ago and it was no more than a line. JSA said that they was no way they could put there sticker on it. And I had to admit that I agreed with them.

Mark

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on March 24, 2015 at 4:18pm

PSA offers opinions. if a buyer is crazy enough to believe that a scribble like this can be authenticated, then they deserve to be parted from their money.

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Permalink Reply by Null on March 25, 2015 at 7:02am

Seriously. And any celeb/athlete whose signature is that pitiful, I do not even want in my collection.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on March 25, 2015 at 1:45pm

+1. I hate it when I get sigs like this. I try and ditch them off as fast as I can.

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Permalink Reply by Frank Johnson on March 25, 2015 at 7:11am

Totally agree how can they prove this. I have been in discussions personally with PSA recently. They have been authenticating bogus Andy Griffith autographs. They have been authenticating his manager's signed version of Andy's. They didn't take me too serious right away. But after a few emails and a phone call I have proved to them they made a mistake. They really are just after the money is all, in my personal opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Sports n Stuff on March 27, 2015 at 10:20am

Capitalism at its finest!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Adkins on March 25, 2015 at 7:58am

I contacted Ebay about this photo and one of my concerns (besides the obvious squiggly line signature) was the PSA COA number did not match this photo They had the seller remove the listing, but he has it back up today with a different PSA cert and a PSA sticker. So it appears PSA did certify this "signature". What exemplar could they have used?