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Worst PINK FLOYD forgery ever authenticated by PSA/DNA

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251767494153?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2...

They've hit an all time low with this one. wow.

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Permalink Reply by James McCay on January 20, 2015 at 1:05pm

I knew I'd hear from you, or Epperson himself.

Besides the Game Used Universe article there is story after story after story similar to the problems mentioned on the GUU board on Google- how do you explain all of those away and why did Epperson put "Epperson forgery" on his site tags so his site would be on Google Page ONE with all the forgery accusers? I know Epperson pays for advertising on this site, so there's bound to be a conflict of interest by some members on this board who are friends of his like you are.

And NO. in my opinion no one but court qualified Forensic Document Examiners should be allowed to give opinions on ANY autographs. At one time or another nearly EVERY authenticator has been busted by me (and many others including on TV News stories & ESPN) for making mistakes that trained autograph professionals DO NOT MAKE.

Why didn't that person in the e-mail you showed go to lunch to put the Epperson/Spence thing to rest & how do I know THEY DIDN'T EVER MEET (I'm 99% sure)? Because far too many people are ready willing and able to shoot their mouths off ONLINE ONLY but wnen it comes to meeting in-person or talking on the phone (as hardcore as they do online) it seems like I'm the only person who's ever done this!

I did it with Ken Goldin when he was considered the biggest crook in the hobby in 1998 (and it turns out he wasn't- I SAW UNQUESTIONABLE PROOF: his resignation letter from Score Board proving he had no say in Score Board day to day operations other than Shop At Home for years before they went bankrupt). Goldin lies like a rug when it comes to values of items he's selling but he never released one forgery while working for Score Board and he RESIGNED BEFORE Score Board bankrupted themselves by issuing many tens of thousands of autograph redemption cards for players they didn't even have autograph agreements or contracts for! The Corporate CEO that took over when Score Board went public caused all of the problems that bankrupted Score Board (a Mr. White) who I spoke to on the phone for a good 30-minutes directly accusing him of screwing tens of thousands of collectors (he had a LONG drawn out lame excuse talking in circles just like any Corporate A****** who doesn't know this hobby from a hole in the ground) and tape recorded the entire thing which was on my former website in 1998.

I did this with several PSA/DNA employees and PSA as well (by phone). I did this with James Spence (in-person). I did this with Richard Simon (in-person and all he did was run from me at the 2001 Sports Card National and I never said one threatening word to him!). I did this with former Signature Rookies Owner Tim Flatt (by phone several times). Then when Flatt fraudulently stated his autographed baseball and bat items have Frangipani letters I did this with Donald Frangipani accusing him face to face of fraud (and he proved me wrong with UNQUESTIONABLE PROOF TOO).

I'm the first person to state that I'm wrong when I am. But I have a very strong BAD instinctual feelings (and my instincts are remarkable) about Epperson. I think he was once very good, but went bad when he could no longer make as much money as he used to. This is why poor kids who grew up in poor towns shouldn't put all their eggs in one basket and should have learned more than one decent trade just like I did!

As far as sports cards go specifically, I did this with Fleer speaking directly with Lloyd Pawlak (whose name is printed on the back of every Fleer Game-Used and autograph card for authenticity) when I discovered that six different 2001 Retail Baseball products stated on the boxes and packs to "Look for Serial Numbered Rookies and Autographs." Then stated odds for pulling autographs on these products. NOT ONE OF THESE PRODUCTS HAD ROOKIES OR AUTOGRAPHS IN THEM WHICH PAWLAK FINALLY ADMITTED AFTER I SPENT MY MONEY BUYING DOZENS AND DOZENS OF THESE BOXES TO ABSOLUTELY PROVE TO PAWLAK THAT I KNEW WHAT HE ALREADY DID! He finally explained that the companies buying as middlemen (Treat and Fairfield) for Retail Chain Stores (Target, K-Mart and Wal-Mart) kept complaining that they need to do something to stop such high theft numbers of these packs. So Pawlak's solution was not putting any of the best cards in these boxes/packs, yet they kept the price of the boxes/packs the EXACT SAME PRICE! That's MAJOR fraud!!! Yet I was the only person ion the country that caught this.

HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? Because most collectors sadly would rather keep their heads in the sand and pretend that fraud doesn't exist in this hobby and I fear the same thing goes for the autograph hobby. How else could such AWFUL FORGERY sellers on eBay have PERFECT FEEDBACK (no accusations of selling forgeries, yet almost everything if not everything are OBVIOUS forgeries to more advanced hobbyists?).

I did this with every executive at Pacific Trading Cards (except Mike Kramer who I wanted to speak but no one would let me) which caused me to have all their Baseball licensing pulled in 2001 for making all fake game-used cards in 2001 Private Stock Baseball (their largest game-used cards offering in any product BY FAR ever). NOT ONE CARD USED A MAJOR LEAGUE GAME-USED ITEM AS PACIFIC STATED ON THE PHONE, AND COULDN'T PROVE OTHERWISE TO ME OR THE MLB Licensing people!

I did this by talking to the owner of Playoff (also later known as Donruss/Playoff) for the entire month of May (nearly every day for over a hour M-F). Then by taking a job as a Senior Manager at Playoff (ATTN: Rick The Dick- how many companies in cards or autographs were you are Senior Manager for?) I spent 16+ hour days (7-DAYS A WEEK) collecting as much evidence of fraud and learning every single thing I could as to how card companies work from the inside for future reference. This was also the best time to learn about On Card Certified Autograph Inserts and then the REAL reasons why Playoff started using return address labels for sticker autographs. When I started I was introduced as the entire company resource person as to any questions any employee had regarding the sports card hobby. And I just Google things and know nothing else, right Rick The Dick? The truth is I NEVER attack anyone personally unless they senselessly attack me first when all I am trying to do is get to the truth. Sometimes it takes means that many of you are not at all familiar with because you have NEVER DONE WHAT I SPENT LITERALLY MANY THOUSANDS OF HOURS DOING STARTING in 1992-2004 FULL TIME!

Stay civil, be honest and you will be treated like an honorable person. I no longer have patience for anyone else.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 20, 2015 at 2:43pm

James,

I'm sorry to hear about your illnesses. What Koschal meant by putting Epperson and Spence to rest was putting them out of business. They weren't trying to make nice.

You said that you knew you'd hear from Roger or me. Why?

I'm not sure about the situation you're talking about regarding Frangipani, and I imagine many here aren't sure. You accused him of fraud and then realized he was right? Would you mind explaining the situation?

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on January 20, 2015 at 3:38pm

Steve,

This guy says he officially investigated Frangipani for fraud. Not sure on who's authority. He always seems to skip that. After finding out Frangipani was the best authenticator in the world and being set-up by PSA, JSA and GAI he went on and did a 200 hour internship under Frangipani(during his forgery authentication days in 1999). As if that wasn't a conflict of interest. After this 200 internship under Frangipani he earned the right to call himself a FDE and is better qualified to authenticate autographs than anyone else. The guy is an odd character who lives in lala land......oh and apparently lives in a bubble to.

Here is his self write up on it:

Donald Frangipani- Intern

Forensic Document Examiner/Private Investigator, 1999

Learned FDE for well over 200-hours in 1999, I interned as a Forensic Document Examiner for Donald Frangipani who I investigated for fraud & was PROVEN WRONG. You'll read all kinds of LIES about him online, but none of these idiots ever spoke to the man or have ANY proof that he ever did anything intentionally wrong (BECAUSE THERE IS NONE!). Just call the FBI yourself and ask them for proof like ALL authenticators said there would be when Operation Bullpen (out of San Diego FBI) was released. Remember Richard Simon?, he led that charge so ask him where the proof is! HE BURIED HIS HEAD IN THE SAND FOR YEARS AFTER OPERATION BULLPEN WAS RELEASED! Also ask why he ran from me several times at the 2001 Cleveland National??? All Authenticators make MANY MORE mistakes than Frangipani ever did & Donald has been in the business for DECADES longer than ANY "authenticator". Authenticators wanted his business - so they thought they'd STEAL it by creating false rumors since Donald was never online (he's an older man). So I wanted to learn how to give the most accurate opinion on sports autographs since the hobby was full of forgeries. Donald Frangipani taught me better than anyone I've ever met in this field. I wanted to fight forgery sellers for free & never charged anyone a penny for my opinion. In late 1999, I busted the largest sports autograph forgery ring EVER to be on eBay. The main crook was Scott Davis & his wife Lori both from Laguna Beach and Laguna Hills, CA. eBay permanently banned more than six user ID's because of my investigation and then got Cal Ripken involved since they were selling more forgeries of his than anyone else. Cal spoke with me on the phone and we looked at the same auction together and he told me he did not sign that item. Since I'm so ill now, I can barely help anyone. But I did what I could when I was able. If everyone did this, THERE WOULD BE NO FRAUD IN THIS HOBBY! And then card companies couldn't make collectors wait YEARS for redemptions like TOPPS has done from 2012-PRESENT!!!

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on January 20, 2015 at 6:37pm

James, you see Chris Williams video? Notice how these items were brought to Frangipani in 1999? Same year you claim you interned for him. You help him type all those COAs and slap them to the thousands upon thousands of forgeries?

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on January 20, 2015 at 6:39pm

HBO nailed Frangi good.

Then Frangi sued everyone.....

And LOST!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on January 20, 2015 at 6:41pm

Classic. Hope it set him back a grip. Can't believe he didn't go to jail.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on January 20, 2015 at 12:52am

Anybody can use google. James you have no clue what is fact or not. You google garbage and come in here and rant in mile long posts.....half being how sick you are and blah, blah , blah, and try and portray yourself as being enlightened. None of what you write is from your own research. You combine plagarism with conspiracy theories to tell tall tales.

Anybody who claims FDE are right 99% of the time and that Donald Frangipani is the best FDE in the country is a complete moron who has no business on the good guy side of the hobby.

To come in here and talk about Roger in this way when you are not a better authenticator is laughable. Nobody is perfect but Roger is a hell of a lot better than any of you wannabe FDEs with make believe credentials.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on January 19, 2015 at 11:00pm

Mr James mcCay

Im not getting into this to much because its over my head. On Steves the managers page theres a Beatles 65 album signed by the fab 4 authenticated by two experts in the field, personally I think its the real thing.

What do you make of that album?

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Permalink Reply by James McCay on January 20, 2015 at 12:43pm

Sorry, but I can't get involved in EVERY questionable situation as I'm far too sick: Myasthenia Gravis, Muscular Dystrophy, Multiple Sclerosis, Degenerative Joint Disease, Fibromyalgia and Hyperthymusism blocking ALL medications from working right if at all. These are all progressive diseases and I've had them all by 2004. I've been bed-ridden and homebound since around 2009. I haven't left my apartment since 2009 to do ANYTHING for personal reasons other than required by law doctor appointments every 3-months. My mind is the only thing that still works which sucks beyond all your imaginations.