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Hornsby, Gehrig, DiMaggio Autographed Balls in NJ Auction
There's a front page article in today's The Record (Bergen County, NJ) about an upcoming baseball memorabilia auction by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office featuring the above baseballs, as well a numerous rare cards. The items were confiscated during an investigation and subsequent conviction. The interesting part for this site is the items were "authenticated" by - wait for it - Drew Max. There's a photo on the front page of the DiMaggio signed ball. I'm not an expert on signatures, and I could be wrong, but it didn't look right. I'm sure some of you would venture an opinion. Website is northjersey.com.
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Permalink Reply by Null on
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If this is the picture you are referring to, I saw this in a separate article this morning. The Joe D looks like JUNK
Here's where I saw it:
http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/seized-baseball-memorabilia-co...
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Permalink Reply by Ira Rosen on
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Yes, that's the picture. Ironically, the author of the article pointed out that the Prosecutor's Office wanted to make sure the autographs were authentic, so that purchasers couldn't sue the County if/when they found out the autographs were forgeries. Hey, taxes could go up because of this!
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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on
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What a freakin' bad joke again!!!
Drew Max!!!!
I hope they didn't chose him because of his "work" on the Pawn Stars show!!!
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Permalink Reply by Fuddjcal on
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This takes the cake....Prosecutor John Molinelli has to win numskull of the year. The Dimaggio pictured is fake for starters.
Molinelli said the solution arrived one night while he was at home watching “Pawn Stars,” a History Channel series about a family-run pawn shop in Las Vegas.
“They needed someone to authenticate something and in walks Drew Max,” Molinelli recalled, referring to a Las Vegas handwriting analyst who appears on the program.
The next day, Molinelli asked his staff to begin researching Max. They discovered that he was a forensic handwriting specialist who had been qualified to testify in several federal courts. And he was willing to authenticate items for a fee without wanting a portion of the auction proceeds.
Molinelli made a side trip to meet with Max while attending a national prosecutors’ conference in Las Vegas in September.
So at Molinelli’s request, the county approved a $10,000 contract with Max’s company, Authentic Autographs Unlimited: $2,500 for storage fees and $7,500 for authenticating the items. The fee also covers Max testifying on the county’s behalf if anyone files a lawsuit challenging an item’s authenticity.
- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/confiscated-baseball-treasures-used...
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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on
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John Molinelli is an idiot who believes reality television is for real. He was sold by Drew's made up resume of his opinion standing up in a court of law. Way to funny.
Hope he doesn't watch Finding Bigfoot on Animal Planet.
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Well, it's kinda funny, but also serious if the auction happens. I contacted News12 New Jersey, they said they'd look into it. Hoping they do a Roger-like Cincinnati TV story. JSA is right here in NJ so it wouldn't be difficult for the TV folks to shoot some video of someone legitimate exposing this.
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Ditto, Rick.
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Permalink Reply by David S on
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interestingly 75% of the items were deemed not authentic by Max...those must have been REALLY bad.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/75-of-confiscated-baseball-memorabi...
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In today's follow-up article, the 25% of the items that were deemed authentic by Drew Max will be auctioned on May 3 in Mahwah, NJ, with the online auction conducted by caspert.com. Look forward to reading comments from the AML baseball autograph notables.
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Permalink Reply by hitmanten on
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Two additional photos from the article, including a terrible Robinson forgery. Mantle & Williams experts want to weigh in?
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I'd like to see better photos.
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