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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on February 4, 2012 at 11:55am

All of the usual certed garbage is on Amazon:  Chris Morales, Ted Taylor (TTA & Stat Authentic) and GAI.

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Permalink Reply by Brandon Mysinger on February 4, 2012 at 11:02am

That is very interesting.  We will get to see exactly how willing Amazon is to police its listings.  I wonder what made Amazon decide to market autographs with such a major ad?

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on February 4, 2012 at 11:10am

I'm sure all major companies do all types of market research on products or items that sell well, and we all know that autographed memorabilia, etc., is a huge seller.  Of course, as we all know, the majority of autographs sold nationwide and worldwide are forgeries.  The majority of autograph collectors aren't in the mainstream hobby and those are the so-called collectors who buy and own forgeries.

As much as we write about forgeries and the sellers of forgeries,  those outside of the mainstream never do any research, and it is a rare occurrence that one of them will stumble upon a website like this one.

Collectors like us know about Morales, Ted Taylor, Coach's Corner, etc., but unfortunately, those outside of the mainstream don't have a clue.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on February 4, 2012 at 11:27am

Here is the link to the original article I read on the SCD website.

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com/amazon-hopes-to-entice-buyers-...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 4, 2012 at 11:46am

Well if they're guaranteeing them, they'll have a fun time standing behind this Morales piece. Interesting that the photo is so small you can't see the autographs:

http://www.amazon.com/Mantle-Mickey-Williams-Autographed-Signed/dp/...

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on February 4, 2012 at 11:49am

Steve, I was looking at some Derek Jeter signed jersey auctions and the majority of them also contain small images, but even from the small images, most of them looked bad.

Looks like Amazon made one helluva splash into the memorabilia field!!!

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on February 4, 2012 at 11:53am

Gotta love the name of that seller:  Hall Of Fame Memorabilia.

I've written many times, for a lot of years, how impressed wannabe autograph collectors are when they read a seller's name like Hall Of Fame Memorabilia. 

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 4, 2012 at 11:56am

Very glad you caught the ad, Chris...and the SportsCollectorsDaily.com article. I like that site.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on February 4, 2012 at 11:59am

Yes, SCD did a nice job on that article.  Part of the article reads "However, a check of some items Friday would seem to indicate that wasn't being enforced.  How Amazon deals with the inevitable controversy over autograph authenticity, especially after the sale, will be interesting to watch."

Nice work SCD!!!

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on February 4, 2012 at 11:41am

I am still shocked that Amazon used that Derek Jeter forgery in an advertisement in a major New York newspaper to promote their sports memorabilia side of the business without first having someone of autograph knowledge and experience check it out.  What a blunder.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 4, 2012 at 11:54am

The Jeter ball ad is there because the ad software automatically picks products in context with the articles. The article was about a Yankee player, so it selected the best selling active Yankee.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on February 4, 2012 at 11:57am

Well, the Amazon software sure picked a winner.  To catch that ad on the NY Post website was beautiful!!!!

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