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Seriously, I hope someone can explain to me how this pathetic attempt at a Tom Brady signature can be deemed authentic, by anyone.  When I see things like this, my trust in TPA's dwindles even further.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tom-Brady-Autographed-Patriots-NFL-Jersey-PSA-DNA-COA-Signed-/321503023228?pt=US_Autographs&hash=item4adb12d07c

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you should see the team signed 1985 Bear helmet on ebay they passed. It's a forgery but the seller is asking 10K for it because it's PSA/DNA. Either that or the COA is a fake

1985-SUPER-BOWL-XX-CHICAGO-BEARS-SIGNED-TEAM-HELMET-WALTER-PAYTON-AND-TEAM

1985-SUPER-BOWL-XX-CHICAGO-BEARS-SIGNED-TEAM-HELMET-WALTER-PAYTON-AND-TEAM

1985-SUPER-BOWL-XX-CHICAGO-BEARS-SIGNED-TEAM-HELMET-WALTER-PAYTON-AND-TEAM

1985-SUPER-BOWL-XX-CHICAGO-BEARS-SIGNED-TEAM-HELMET-WALTER-PAYTON-AND-TEAM

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PSA is just too trusting of some of it's "sources."  Seems to be leading to bad authentications galore.  

in this case, the coa is real, as it checks out in the database.

When you submit to TPA to have your items authenticated, they don't ask for sources or where it came from. It's submitted and then logged in without the person's name or anything. It's then up to the authentication team to determine if the item passes or fails. If the COA is real, then that's sad as the helmet is fake & someone is going to pay big money since it comes PSA/DNA

I don't think that's entirely true.  If it was, there's no way they would have authenticated a good portion of the hieroglyphics they have.  There are certain collectors/dealers who decidedly have an "in" with them.

I would love to know exactly who on the PSA team, deemed this as authentic.  Maybe the stickers should have the actual authenticators initials, or some way of tying it back to the person responsible.

They should be ashamed of passing that fake 1985 Bears helmet and the Brady jersey looks off to me as well. Their is a video on the website that shows what happens when you submit items to them. I don't doubt some of their bigger clients get special treatment, but to start handing out COA's for forgeries is disgusting!

Yes the person "authenticating" it should be named.

I was toying with making an entire thread about this. I know the community has talked about it here in the past. No matter the seller or the situation, I just can't understand how stuff like this gets authenticated. (images lifted from the first page results on eBay after typing in "PSA signed")

I don't know why any company interested in preserving their name as a reputable company would attach it to items like this. They may very well be authentic, but there's no structure, no letter formation, no nothing to actually authenticate them by. It's unfortunate the stickers on these will give novices certainty. There is no certainty when it comes to signatures like these unless they're in your collection and you saw them being signed.

The person's autograph in the first photo has a signature so beautiful it rivals Mantle

I agree. There is no way a scribble like these could possibly be authenticated.

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