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Soccer Authentication who is the best?

It has been tough to purchase soccer autographs that are real. I need to know other then JSA and PSA who is the trusted authenticator for soccer autographs. I want to purchase Messi and some others like Maradonna and Zidane. Most of those signatures come from europe and I would like to know who is trusted before I buy fake soccer auto's. I am looking for your guys feedback.

Thanks,

Jonah Aldrete

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Permalink Reply by Mike P on June 16, 2011 at 7:10pm

I had the same problem earlier. I followed the advice from Mr. Crykin and he advised that I purchase dealers from Europe who are part of the AFTAL. Go to aftal.org to read about it. They have strict rules for its members and forces them to give lifetime guarantees on all of their items. Go to autographs247.com, i bought from there and they are member of Aftal. And fyi, if you dont know already, Football autographs are the most forged in sports memorabilia in the ratio of fakes to reals. Good luck! -Mike

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Permalink Reply by Jonah Aldrete on June 16, 2011 at 7:13pm

Thanks for the help Mike. I can see that it is the most forged.

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Permalink Reply by Mike P on January 8, 2012 at 8:34am

I know you posted this a long time ago but for the other members and for future reference: I recently purchased from a great company www.icons.com, licensed by UEFA, FIFA and is a sister company to Steiner (look on Steiners website, click "Soccer" and you'll see what I mean). They have a sale on Messi and Kaka this month I believe.

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Permalink Reply by Jonah Aldrete on January 8, 2012 at 8:59am

Spot on. I checked the Pele and it looks good. Also I can tell they work with stiener because that is the same pele jersey framed in stieners stores and website. Thanks for the help.

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Permalink Reply by Mike P on January 8, 2012 at 9:14am

Any time. Hope you find something you like.

-Mike.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 8, 2012 at 10:14am

Jonah,

If you need help on soccer authentication, friend or post a comment to Markus Brandes's profile here, he's an AFTAL dealer in Switzerland. Top notch, has a major in-person crew, and he knows who to go to for advice. He's always happy to help collectors.

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Permalink Reply by Jonah Aldrete on January 8, 2012 at 10:28am

Thanks Steve, I will.

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Permalink Reply by Rich on January 11, 2012 at 9:03pm

Hi. If you find the ACAF (Autograph Collectors Against Fakes) forum on ebay, I'd say most of the discussions revolve around soccer autographs. Great group, and many of the top dealers in Europe seem to be involved. They also have their own website now.

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Permalink Reply by Frank Congu on March 5, 2012 at 9:53pm

Hello to all: I kinda fell in this discussion while doing a search online on Authenticating Autographs from sports players. I have one from Brazil, Ronaldhino Gaucho, he was playing for Barcelona at the time and came to play in NY in 2006, I have a relative that works for the MLS and was able to get his autograph on the Brazilians home team jersey, well now I want to authenticate it, just do not know a reliable site? Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Mike P on March 22, 2012 at 8:40pm

Hey Frank. Your best bet would be PSA/DNA. You should have no trouble selling in the upwards of $500 + it if it is authenticated by them; many buyers only buy PSA'd items, especially in football, since this category of memorabilia is rampant with forgeries. It would also help you if your relative has any pictures of Ronaldinho signing the jersey, additional proof is always good to have.