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Obama Autographs for new member

Hello I am new to the site, but have been spending a lot of time here trying to determine if the autographs I obtained are authentic. I recently acquired the following below. Any help, feedback, or advice would be greatly appreciated. I used to work in a MLB clubhouse and have 100+ great baseball signatures I obtained personally, but I have a lot to learn about buying unauthentic autographs from a third party!

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Permalink Reply by Tom Schwartz on April 22, 2013 at 1:50pm

I've rotated and posted the images directly so people may be more apt to respond.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Maxwell on April 22, 2013 at 1:57pm

Thanks, I was using my phone earlier, now I am on a desktop and I can see how to upload the photos right into the text. Any thoughts on the authenticity?

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Maxwell on April 25, 2013 at 5:27am

Anyone have any thoughts on the above Obama balls and posters? Sent them out yesterday to get authenticated.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 25, 2013 at 5:57am

Obama's tough. The poster and ball signed in black Sharpie look good to me, but I don't care for the one in ballpoint. There are a lot of very good Obama forgeries out there, tho, and I think he's getting harder to authenticate. Not easier as most do over time.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Maxwell on April 22, 2013 at 4:41pm

Poster

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Maxwell on April 22, 2013 at 4:46pm

Another seller contacted me today wanting me to buy this President Bill Clinton baseball, but I thought that there were too many humps in the Clinton. When I got home, the person starting texting me threading e-mails about how I am trying to scam people. All I did was try and buy his baseball and passed when I had issues with the signature. He also had an Obama sharpie baseball that was clearly gone over several times. I think this process of obtaining authentic Presidential baseball is going to be a lot harder than I thought. There seems to be a ton of fakes.

Does anyone think this is legit?

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on April 23, 2013 at 3:55am

I would not buy this. he actually shortened his signature over the years, not lengthened it. this guy is a crook.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Maxwell on April 24, 2013 at 1:01pm

I agree. There are 5 humps between the C and T, typically there are 4 or less. I told the guy I didn't want them bc they wouldn't pass authentication. Then the texting started and he clearly IS a crook.