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Thought I had seen a thread about this company in the past, but couldn't find it.
I was selling at a show recently and was approached by a dealer who told me he has tons of inventory sitting in a storage unit and if I ever needed anything to give him call. Said everything is certified and he can give me better prices than anyone else. Then went on about how he is friends with the guy who started Ace Authenticators (guy who used to work for GAI?), told me his name but I can't remember. Anyways, he was telling me how the authenticator came to his house to check out over 1,000 items and how he was going to be getting 1,000's of items from Spring Training and how "his guy" was bringing an authenticator with him to certify everything immediately. Also said this guy is going to be the next big authenticator just needs more time under his belt. I haven't called the guy, don't think I will. Just asking because of how this guy sang ACE Authenticators praises and was wondering what people here thought. If you do not want to say anything on a public board for fear of slander, then feel free to inbox me.
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Hi Patrick,
I moved your discussion to Autograph Authentication Services, since that 's the topic in question. The guy who started, and I believe still runs ACE is Justin Priddy. I wouldn't suggest relying on their authentication. They have a reputation similar to that of STAT Authentic and TTA.
Patrick,
ACE/Justin boasted how he is the only third party authenticator that has passed 100% of the autographs that he has looked at and even some that he did not look at. He has not seen an autograph that he does not like.
Michael Jackson autograph with ACE authentication selling for $42 on ebay:
item 370485387577 ($42)
There are hundreds of fake items authenticated by ACE/Justin Priddy in this auction
www.iconicmemorabilia.com ; this is similar to Coach's Corner
Here is a fake Packers team signed helmet authenticated by ACE and sold by ebay seller zbigmac94:
item 270711167557 This seller must have sold approx. 20 of these authenticated by ACE.
Here is a Pujols approved by ACE.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Albert-Pujols-Auto-Signed-Autograph-8x10-ACE-CO...
I do not have any Pujols autos, but compared to some on Steiner, this isn't even close.
http://www.steinersports.com/search.html?searchTerm=Pujols
I've seen the ACE COA on quite a few contemporary players - Jeter, Rivera etc. They seems to come in quantity from a handful of sellers.
Unless these sellers have Jeter and Rivera held hostage in the basement signing autographs en masse... I'd say they were highly suspect.
I would buy from an honest seeming seller with no COA before I bought something with an ACE COA.
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