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Fake charity items from PSA Productions.....Jordan, Lebron, DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Aaron Rogers, etc.

I mentioned this here last year and nobody responded. There is a company here in Phoenix called Mountainside Fitness, to which I belong. They are again setting up a charity auction from a company called PSA Productions run by a guy, Jim Johnson (pretty sure that is his name). They set up inside the health club and have bidding sheets. Just about everything is fake, with the exception of a PSA Magic and Bird and a JSA Cincinnati Reds signed photo with Rose, Bench.

All of the fake items are certified by GA, yes, Steve Sipe. Everything is elaborately matted and framed to throw off any suspicion.

The banners at the tables all have large PSA lettering so it appears that PSA is the company offering the goods, when in fact it is someone taking advantage of the PSA name recognition.

I of course asked to speak with the general manager. No surprise, he isn't available. They offer me their corporate number, nobody answers and they ask you to leave a message. Again, no surprise, no return phone call. This really p***** me off. I went up to every person I saw looking at the items and warned them to not bid. My first inclination was to write "fake signature" on the bidding sheets. My daughter talked me out of it, because she thinks we will get kicked out.

They were offering Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Lebron James, Aaron Rogers, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and Ted Williams. Just about every item was around $400 in the bidding.

Any suggestions? I was thinking about contacting the local newspaper, not really sure of anyone cares besides us. If you live in Arizona and have a Mountainside Fitness near you, go in and see if they have the same set up. Maybe if more people called to complain, they would do something.

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Permalink Reply by Brett Hansen on September 9, 2014 at 7:33pm

Just checked them. Definitely in the database.

As are my other items too.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on September 9, 2014 at 7:34pm

Does anyone have photographs of the Mantle, DiMaggio, Williams, etc. autographs that were being sold at the event?

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Permalink Reply by David S on September 9, 2014 at 7:43pm

Definitely forgeries in there...this is available for the public to view on their web page:
http://psasportsauctions.com/products/?s=Mantle

That link is a search for "mantle"....there's a search box on top right

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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on September 9, 2014 at 8:47pm

It looks like all the pictures of their Mantle items have been deleted

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Permalink Reply by David S on September 9, 2014 at 8:52pm

They must be reading this forum, because the pics were there just an hour ago! Now, all pictures are not working...

something smells FISHY

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Permalink Reply by wascher on September 9, 2014 at 8:59pm

I was able to pull them up too and now they are all broken links.

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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on September 9, 2014 at 9:38pm

Be careful now, you might be setting yourself up for a lawuit LOL

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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on September 9, 2014 at 8:42pm

I would love to see pics of those too as well as any Michael Jordan items you have. If I remember, I didn't give an opinion on the Wilt & simply said I have never seen one with 'The Slit' and that alone would make me use common sense & have it checked out before buying