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Authenticity is Everything
Koufax GA
Man I hate buying GA stuff but this one actually looks decent to me. Thoughts?
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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on
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there are some beauties on there now that you can get for about 250.....very nice examples
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Permalink Reply by Nick on
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To add to the convo. Look at the horrendous thing.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201146121453
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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on
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What about this ball sold you on it?
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I know I will get skewered by some readers for this but jsa, price point, and clean ball. Yes it's not even close to the prettiest sig but I don't think I was generally going to be able to afford that.
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As long as your happy that's all that matters. Just was curious what stood out to you.
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Yeah jsa still holds weight in my eyes. I know opinions differ on this though.
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Nick, its true that all that really matters is that you are happy with it. but I agree with Fudd, on a scale of 1-10 of Koufax signatures, this one is at best a 3. the JSA cert might ensure that you get a reasonable pay back if you choose to sell it, but it does not ensure authenticity. I am still not convinced with these newer Koufax signatures.
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all kidding aside, if you look at the last name, it looks like it spells "awful".........
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I agree with everything you say here. As a finance guy I probably see jsa or psa and think "safe investment" more than I should. My suspicion on this ball and some of the other new ones is these were signed at spring training now that he is attending. Kind of like kalines st sig it just a lot more quickly written.
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A few months back one of the two authenticated a Ty Cobb that ended up being a forgery. I know one if not both have authenticated item(s) that were made years after the player had passed that were signed by that player. I've never seen a dead man sign anything but I guess anything is possible. The big problem I have with a Ruth, Cobb, ect forgery besides the money you pay is that there were less items that someone could sign something with, like sharpie's, along with different paper back then, ect. It should be easier to authenticate an older graph vs a newer one. You or someone is paying for an opinion. Unless you see it signed in front of you there could always be a slim doubt. Unfortunately the authenticators are the best thing available. Also like you said, a graph could have been a rush job. The best thing for anyone to do is be familiar with the players signature. That's tough because some players graphs change over time.
The last thing. If I get an IP graph I actually saw it signed whereas if I buy one from UD, ect you don't know 100%, maybe 99.999%. But insurance companies want a COA to insure. I know there are many scumbags in the world that would try to run an insurance scam but it's funny that if I see it signed you must have it authenticated to get it insured even though you know it's real but one authenticated by one of those companies you never really know 100%.
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