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Account for autograph forgeries.

As a collector of autographs, rock memorabilia, I feel that I need to allow for a percentage of forgeries that I may have purchased over my time of collecting. Well I hope to keep the percentage small, but I think it's almost impossible to have a 100 percent success rate ,not being an expert that is. Even these days people are disagreeing with tpa.

Well that seems to be the reality for me , how about you and your collection?

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Permalink Reply by James on August 13, 2016 at 3:55pm

Good points, Joe, by both you and Don. But what happens when a legit seller, selling a real autograph, is told by a potential customer that the seller should pull the item because extremely unreliable PSA/DNA Quick Opinion declares the item "Likely Not Genuine"? Yet the seller knows for certain the item is genuine. I am very confident in saying that PSA's QO service gets it wrong more than 50% of the time. Just a scenario I thought I'd throw out there.

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Permalink Reply by Robert on August 13, 2016 at 4:05pm

Does psa really get it wrong half the time?

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Permalink Reply by James on August 13, 2016 at 4:47pm

I am speaking of PSA's Quick Opinion service only in that regard. In my opinion, and there are many on this site I think would agree, PSA's QO service is almost worthless. We fairly recently had a discussion pertaining to this topic.

Now their FULL service is a different animal. PSA's full service is one of the best in the hobby. I think the full service's success rate is probably closer to 75-80%...probably...depending on the particular area of the hobby. They are probably better with sports autographs than some other areas.

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Permalink Reply by Robert on August 13, 2016 at 4:51pm

So, in orher words you are better off coming here and getting the opinions of the collectors?

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on August 13, 2016 at 8:29am

One other word by me. I have a box where I keep my "mistakes". Items I've obtained over the years. What a strong reminder to me to keep improving my skills and knowledge. Some big names in that box. Reagan, Disney, Brando, etc. Ouch!!

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Permalink Reply by Paul on August 13, 2016 at 8:33am

Even if you play it safe and buy a book , hopefully the artist wont use autopen.

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Permalink Reply by Robert on August 13, 2016 at 4:03pm

For now on I am only going to purchase if it's psa/dna, jsa or real authenticated and for $10.00 you can get a quick opinion from psa so worth it. I learned a valuable lesson with my fake. Now to find a good KC signature that won't break the bank!

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Permalink Reply by Paul on August 13, 2016 at 4:06pm

Also ask other members advice even if it has a psa sticker or jsa.Roger epperson is a tpa, that people use often.

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Permalink Reply by Robert on August 13, 2016 at 4:15pm

Thank you for all your help, much appreciated! This site is awesome!! The best thing about what happen with the fake nirvana.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on August 13, 2016 at 4:15pm

If your going to be a long term collector 1500 hundred dollars that you just lost could turn into a higher percentage.
But your on the right path now.