Authenticity is Everything
"Blank Sheet" ?
I know we've discussed this issue recently but it still continues to bug me as a collector.
I don't understand how PSA/DNA can slab this and identify it as a "blank sheet". Unless the image was later digitally transferred somehow onto a "blank sheet" after the rigorous verification/encapsulation process?😵💫
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on
-
Unless I am mistaken, this practice shows. If they are in fact passing junk that was a blank sheet and allowing this to be done under the heading "Blank Sheet" like we have seen with "Cut" and "Photograph" I have lost what little respect I...no longer had for them. Hmm
-
Permalink Reply by JK on
-
I'm not sure what the alternative is. Should they just mark it "authentic autograph" and not reference the fact that it was a blank sheet that was signed rather than a photo, for example?
We must separate feelings about people creating Frankenstein or fantasy signed items from the actual authentication of the signature. At least with the label worded that way the potential buyer gets a clue that something is not what it seems.
-
-
They should mark it for what they can see it is. Some this is marked or blatant. Let them create some new terms - they obviously have the time. They clearly did not spend it on that Houdini...
What are people paying for? They can't tell secretarial Crawford, Jackie Gleason, they are slabbing modern items, pastiche, fake Brady logos...this was supposed to make it easier for collectors and safer - do collectors KNOW that being in a slab does not equate with originality? By and large I fear not. That is being preyed upon.
-
Permalink Reply by eddy on
-
I saw it advertised this morning on a forum for historical autograph collectors.
The seller describes it as:
"Donald Trump Slabbed Photo Magazine Cover PSA".
Possible authenticity concerns aside, did the individual that applied this blue sharpie ink do so on a "photo magazine cover"?
-
-
Exactly. Misrepresentation. Play on words at best. To a novice?
-
-
Perfectly placed, size appropriate signature as well on that "blank sheet" in relation to the image that has been added to it. Stunning.
-
-
Truly a dream item, it does not actually exist and never did. It just looks like it does. Emperors clothes etc..
-
-
This stuff could ruin the hobby for many.
-
-
If so I would expect the insert to read "Photograph" but since it says "Blank Sheet" they seem to know the difference but ain't sayin. Why? This is very slippery. So now the autograph is "theoretically" authentic, but what it is on may be fake on some level and you have to play word games to suss this out? AND pay fees?
-
-
I really would not know but if you can get that item with just a sticker on it and a basic cert or whatever (does PSA even do that?) what will protect the collector apart from his own knowledge of these things?
-
-
If it was just a sticker on the item then I'd hope that any potential buyer would see that it is not an actual magazine cover. But then again I don't like to overestimate some people's intelligence. 😄
BTW, people have been debating how AI, etc. might complicate autograph collecting, but we don't even have to wait for that. Technology has already provided challenging scenarios such as this one.
-
-
Exactly. Hope doesn't weigh much.
© 2025 Created by Steve Cyrkin, Admin.
Powered by
Badges | Report an Issue | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service
