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There is a George (Superman) Reeves allegedly signed photo authenticated by Frank Garo, item #150606315148 for $3495. As a collector of George Reeves signatures, I can see it is clearly a fake, even though it is "authenticated" by Garo.

And I am pretty sure George was not signing dark, 3rd generation photos with gold sharpie pens in the 1950s. This is really sad!

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Permalink Reply by DB on May 18, 2011 at 11:35am

I believe Richard Simon had some info on his site regarding these COAs as part of the FBI/Real Sports Sting.

"According to Real Sports, Global and I did very well in this test, while "four of the six authenticators failed miserably." (this is a quote from the reporter on the show, Armen Katayan). As to the four who "failed miserably," the COA's of Frank Garo, Stat Inc, Christopher Morales (a forensic examiner) and AAU (a forensic examination company) were shown on the screen as the reporter Armen Katayan continued his report."

Thus draw your own conclusions ...

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Permalink Reply by DB on May 18, 2011 at 1:34pm

Item Removed.

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Permalink Reply by Jet Jackson on May 18, 2011 at 1:59pm

Item removed?! Excellent!! I wonder if the seller removed it or if ebay removed it?

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on May 19, 2011 at 6:45pm

Ebay removed it. If a seller cancels their auction, the auction is still visible. If Ebay removes the auction it is no longer viewable.

If I'm not mistaken, Frank Garo was the main "authenticator" for Coach's Corner Auctions at one time.

I once had a few email exchanges with Garo.

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Permalink Reply by 2ro69jm8dyt5i on May 19, 2011 at 4:59pm

Never heard of this man.

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Permalink Reply by DB on May 20, 2011 at 3:18am

well here ya go; http://fpgaro.com/

I guess forensic doesn't include gold sharpies...

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Permalink Reply by John Hackett on March 9, 2018 at 5:34pm

All due respect, even though this post is 8 years old, if you research felt tip markers, the patent was in 1924...

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on May 20, 2011 at 5:09am

Below is an item that is presently being auctioned off on the Coach's Corner auction site. It is "authenticated" by both Chris Morales, Forensic Investigator and Frank Garo, Forensic Handwriting Examiner.

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Permalink Reply by John Hackett on March 18, 2018 at 9:08am

The problem with this ball is not Garo... it’s the terrible reputation of Morales...the situation is, prove the ball is NOT real! Morales and Stat should go away, however.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on May 20, 2011 at 6:42am

Below is a Lou Gehrig autographed jersey currently on the Coach's Corner auction site. It is "authenticated" by both Chris Morales, Forensic Investigator and Frank Garo, Forensic Handwriting Examiner. The bidding is up to a whopping $300.00.

http://www.myccsa.com/Lot.aspx?LotID=264094