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Antiquities Caesars Palace, GFA/Stephen Rocchi and AAU/Drew Max Sued for Autograph Fraud

According to the Courthouse News Service, Mr. Daniel Odobas has filed a lawsuit against Antiquities Of Nevada (Toby Stoffa), Drew Max (Authentic Autographs Unlimited) and Stephen Rocchi (Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators for "Fraud, Deceptive, Trade, Misrepresentation, Unjust Enrichment, Conspiracy, Bad Faith, Breach Of Contract and Breach Of Warranty."

Immediately below are links to the story.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/08/30/vegas-memorabilia-house-ac...

http://www.inquisitr.com/3472565/vegas-antiques-and-memorabilia-dea...

In my opinion, this was a long time coming.

Drew Max of Authentic Autographs Unlimited, gives himself the title of Forensic Document Examiner (FDE).

What in the world does "Forensics" have anything to do with autographs?

Very, very rarely in my opinion.

I don't know of any Forensic Document Examiner who knows sports or music autographs

It is also important to know that COAs and LOAs issued by Forensic Document Examiners or by authentication companies that use them, are much less likely to be genuine.

I have yet to see an authentic autograph of Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams with a COA from Drew Max (AAU).

Not one.

Just below is a link to a thread I wrote on Drew Max and one of his performances on the Pawn Stores show as he Forensically Examined an FDR "Letter To Clergy."

http://live.autographmagazine.com/profiles/blogs/drew-max-forensic-...

Then, of course, there is Stephen Rocchi and his Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators (GFA) group.

In the six years since Rocchi started GFA, I have yet to see one authentic Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams or Joe DiMaggio autograph with a COA from GFA (Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators).

Also, since when does a Forensic Examination only cost $25.00?

Rocchi does all of the below for $25.00 and still can't get it right.

From Rocchi's website. Seriously?

You do not need "Forensics" to determine if an autograph is authentic or not.

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/ebay-mantle-dimaggio...

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/joe-dimaggio-forgeri...

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/roger-maris-forgerie...

Just below is a typical Mickey Mantle forgery on a baseball with a COA from Stephen Rocchi and Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators.

It can be opined in less than one second as a forgery.

What is Rocchi thinking when he issues a COA for the below Mantle forgery?

Rocchi (Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators) has certed dozens of the below set of Mickey Mantle/Roger Maris forgeries on a reproduced Safe At Home poster.

A real authenticator would laugh and dismiss this garbage in a millisecond, but Rocchi has certed dozens of these as authentic.

These are, at best, laughable.

When will all of this "Forensic" madness finally end?

Tags: aau, antiquities, caesars palace, drew max, forgeries, fraud, gfa, lawsuit, pawn stars, rocchi, More…toby stoffa

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Comment by terrier8HOF on September 5, 2016 at 5:42pm: Steve, yes, its on his FB page.I just emailed it to you.

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 5, 2016 at 6:12pm: Thanks, Terrier. They certainly don't like us here. They warn people about us.

Comment by Richard S. Simon on September 5, 2016 at 6:20pm: I would be extremely upset if they liked us. This is war, we don't like the enemy. They are the enemy.

Comment by Richard S. Simon on September 5, 2016 at 6:23pm: The enemy must lose this war. There is a chance now to take a huge step to clean up this business and rid it of this vermin. Hopefully this lawsuit will go to completion.

Comment by CJCollector on September 5, 2016 at 6:38pm: It is certainly a "badge of honor" to have Drew Max not like us.

Comment by Mike T on September 6, 2016 at 7:19am: Interesting that Drew Max was using his Pawn Stars fame to sell his services, I wonder if the Pawn Stars legal team will get involved in that. We can only hope.

Comment by Steve Zarelli on September 6, 2016 at 7:29am: @Mike T

The same way GFA uses Rocchi's past experience with PSA to add credibility. Kind of surprising the PSA legal team isn't all over that with cease & desist orders.

Comment by Richard S. Simon on September 6, 2016 at 7:35am: Jimmy Spence left PSA to form his own company. I don't think they had any non compete clause in his contract,, or maybe he had something on them :).. So I don't think they have anything with Rocchi that would prevent him from saying he was with PSA.

Comment by Fuddjcal on September 6, 2016 at 7:44am: Drew Maxipad and Steve RocchiHead about to get theirs, finally. If he ripped me off for 200.00 I'd spend 20K to sue his a**. This guy was burned for close to 200K, so I say if he has 200K to p*** away, he has the beans to sue the shoes off these idiots and hopefully he holds a grudge like me. While a nice development, it won't stop all the complete blithering idiot losers on Scam bay.

Comment by Rick Meyer on September 6, 2016 at 8:28am: Non-compete would have been worthless anyway. PSA is in CA and JSA is in NJ. Would be a very difficult if not impossible non-compete to enforce. Enforcing a non-compete in CA alone is almost impossible since CA very rarely recognizes them as legal.