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Fake PSA sticker! Check out this crap...

I noticed a supposed Gale Sayers signed 8x10 with a PSA sticker on eBay. The signature is not even close. I have over 15 signed Sayers items in person and none have letter formations like this. Of course there is a PSA cert and a Gridiron Authentics cert. Upon closer inspection, there is a PSA and Gridiron sticker on the photo.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gale-Sayers-Signed-Authentic-8x10-Photo-Aut...

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on February 9, 2016 at 6:36pm

That's an old PSA sticker

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Permalink Reply by Randy on February 9, 2016 at 6:45pm

Autograph is authentic IMO. Not sure where your issues are coming from on this one. Sayers autograph has been very consistent for the last 20 years and this one looks dead on to me.

As Mike said, the sticker is not fake. It shows in their data base. Post your in person autos that have letter formations totally different from this one for comparison.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on February 9, 2016 at 7:55pm

Randy, this is a typical gridiron fake. I am listing four examples to show you the consistency of the real Sayers signature so you can compare. Most notably is the S in Sayers. I'm sure you will see the other issues as well.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on February 9, 2016 at 7:56pm

Here is another:

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Permalink Reply by Steve on February 9, 2016 at 7:56pm

Another:

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Permalink Reply by Steve on February 9, 2016 at 7:57pm

One more:

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Permalink Reply by Steve on February 9, 2016 at 7:58pm

Look at the l in Gale, look how high up the ale is. Look at the e and the small s in Sayers. All off. You are right, Sayers has been very consistent in his signature over the last 20 years, no doubt, but this one I'm referring to is not consistent, nor is it real.

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Permalink Reply by Randy on February 9, 2016 at 8:14pm

I noticed the "S" was atypical but I found other signed certified pack pulled football cards that showed a similar "S". Certainly, I have not studied Sayers extensively but this one looked OK to me.

I know all about Gridiron Authentic's reputation but don't automatically reject every autograph with their hologram because I think 10 years ago they were OK and that was probably when this one was signed just based on the PSA/DNA sticker that dates to at least that time frame.

Sayers autograph is just not worth enough on the secondary market to justify pushing forgeries in my opinion and certainly wasn't 10 years ago.

However, you are obviously more familiar with his autograph than me so in this case I defer to your opinion.

It is obvious that PSA/DNA did indeed authenticate the autograph in that time frame. The sticker appears to be authentic. Maybe they just trusted Gridiron Authentics at the time and rubber stamped it.