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Permalink Reply by GraphingMlb on February 16, 2014 at 8:01pm

I am not to keen on that its from taiwan...wait on others to comment

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Permalink Reply by Rich on February 16, 2014 at 8:10pm

My answer is that I can't imagine they are, just by using common sense.  If I had to venture a guess, I'd say they're very good forgeries.  Here's why:

1) Seller is from Japan.  Not exactly a hot area for U.S.-based sports autographs, is it?  Where and how did they get them?

2) Prices are too low in general.  Starr and Namath with starting with buy it nows that represent less than half of what they're currently charging at signings?

3) To have that many top sports names and almost nothing when it comes to authentication is pretty strange.  I wouldn't be surprised if that generic, unnumbered JSA sticker is a fake.

4) All private listings - traditionally not a good sign for any Ebayer selling autographs.

Again, I think these are better than average to really good forgeries.  If someone thinks otherwise, I'd love to hear the reasoning.  Given the way the US sports autograph market works, I'd be blown away if this seller is legit.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Mykaphobic on February 16, 2014 at 8:45pm

I'm unsure about the company. Rich makes some great points. Even though I'm in Australia and have a great network of importing signed items, many if not most are authenticated. I never trust the Asians.

In saying that I'm pretty convinced this abdul jabbar is not real.
It doesn't match up convincingly with ones I have got directly from him or from his signings.

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