Global Authentication Autograph Concerns [Title Edited]

[Moderator Note: This member, who is not using his actual name (which is not required), apparently has never been an authenticator for Global, which he claimed to have once been. While his opinions on the authenticity of the autographs he discusses may be correct, no consideration should be given to his other statements without verification.]

I decided to stroll through ebay and look at some autograph certified by the new Global Authentication. I don't know of any one single autograph collector that actually looks as a Global COA as worth anything. As a matter of fact, if I am looking at a higher end piece with a Global COA I double study it because I question the fact of why the seller would send it to Global instead of a real authenticator.

Here are a few forgeries with a Global COA. I know Steve Sipe is a member on this board and if this post gets me kicked off of here, than so be it. I am just about sick and tired of Global aiding these criminal forgers by giving them a pretty sicker and cert. to go along with their forgery. If you guys want to be treated like real authenticators, how about act like it.

Forger #1 ( listed on ebay for nearly 1000 dollars ) Make no mistake. This is a forgery.

What is even more confusing about this particular situation is you also authenticated this REAL TOM BRADY JERSEY BELOW. How can you authenticate the real autograph shown below and also say this obvious forgery is real?

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Permalink Reply by Charles O'Brailey on August 13, 2013 at 8:52pm

Forgery # 2

As I have said before, my area of expertise is Football autographs, so with this Michael Jordan I decided to send it to PSA quick opinion and yes, IT FAILED.

I also asked a few collectors on sports card forums I am a member of and they agreed that this doesn't even match his rushed signature. This is another forgery, at least it is in the eyes of PSA/DNA and while I am not in favor of PSA, I do believe they are right on sports autographs about 95% of the time. So Steve, you authenticated a forgery here.

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Permalink Reply by Charles O'Brailey on August 13, 2013 at 8:57pm

Forgery #3 ( This Lebron James is so pathetic, i'm not even going to bother writing a description for it )

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Permalink Reply by Null on August 14, 2013 at 6:18am

Its certainly interesting how 90% of Andrew Luck "autographed" jerseys/helmets/footballs are GA certified on eBay. I was looking at those a few weeks back. Same with LeBron. 90% of LeBron "signed" jerseys are GA certified... HMMMM

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Permalink Reply by Charles O'Brailey on August 13, 2013 at 8:59pm

How can you even call yourself an authenticator when you pass rubbish like this Sandy Koufax? Really.....I mean REALLY?!?!?!

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Permalink Reply by Charles O'Brailey on August 13, 2013 at 9:02pm

Seriously Steve? Take a look at a real authenticated Obama baseball next to this steaming pile you authenticated. The first one is authenticated by PSA and JSA + has a picture of the President signing it. Yours looks like garbage.

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Permalink Reply by Charles O'Brailey on August 13, 2013 at 9:04pm

This Arnold Palmer is laughable and i'm sure anyone who collects golf memorabilia will agree

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Permalink Reply by Null on August 14, 2013 at 6:16am

God that Arnold is horrible...

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Permalink Reply by Charles O'Brailey on August 13, 2013 at 9:07pm

Fake Lyndon Johnson autograph.

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Permalink Reply by Charles O'Brailey on August 13, 2013 at 9:08pm

Andrew Luck FORGERY. Not even close.

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Permalink Reply by Charles O'Brailey on August 13, 2013 at 9:10pm

Your celebrity authentication are pathetic. Look at this God awful DeNiro forgery that you authenticated. Sad

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on August 13, 2013 at 9:11pm

He will respond. Somebody on this site with a closet full of GA junk will shoot him an email and out of the dark night he will appear. Then will blame it on slanted views or members of his vast staff. Might even blame Steve Cyrkin for a few things and "POOF" he's gone again. GA is in over their head on a lot of signatures. They are no better then flipping a coin.

EBAY riddled with forgeries stuck with GA certificates. I laugh every time I look at the Scarlett Johansson signatures they authenticate. One seller has 6 or 7 of the worst forgeries all submitted to GA and passed.

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Permalink Reply by Charles O'Brailey on August 13, 2013 at 9:16pm

Rick,

You made my point for me. These guys have no right to call themselves authenticators. They suck. If anything, more of their authentications are fake because who in their right "explicit removed" mind would send them a Lebron James signed jersey to authenticate instead of PSA or JSA? NOBODY!

From what I see on ebay, anything with a value of more than 75 dollars is fake. I have yet to encounter one real autograph of a major value item and trust me....i've been looking