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Permalink Reply by tim hendrickson on March 21, 2017 at 4:54pm

I must not be the brightest like in the closet...but how does one sell or have fake UDA items?

I have several Jordans, a Williams, and a Mantle from years back with UDA holgrams, etc....i did not think they could be faked.....

can some one share a little detail on fake UDA items...

thanks

tim

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Permalink Reply by AnakinAutos on March 21, 2017 at 6:05pm

If the item isn't on the upper deck online database then UDA has no image of the item to confirm against. (They do, most times, have it recorded who the athlete should be and sometimes, sometimes, what the piece is aka jersey, picture etc)

So for example, if you called about these items they will say "we can confirm item number ____ is a signed michael Jordan item"

They cannot however tell you that it is this exact thing or not

The autographs on these items are bogus and have only ever come from this seller. He has used various Ebay accounts and Craigslist scams.

There are several posts on this site about fake autographs with UDA. Hope that helps

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Permalink Reply by Rich on March 21, 2017 at 6:28pm

Wasn't UDA's databased wiped out in the early 2000s?

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Permalink Reply by AnakinAutos on March 21, 2017 at 6:38pm

I haven't heard that before.
Their record keeping is horrible though.

Items that are exclusive or limited edition should be on the website. But the thousands of other items aren't leaving a space for forgers to get stickers made etc and fooling people

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Permalink Reply by TradeGeek on March 22, 2017 at 2:19pm

Upper Deck simply did not maintain a good database in the 1990s. In many cases, it was up to the buyer to fill out a form and send it back for the item to be preregistered in the DB. The result is a lot of UDA items from the 1990s have nothing more to go on than the COA and the hologram. Which can be attached to a forgery. 

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