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Is everything from GAI fake?

I was thinking recently about the amount of fakes that are authenticated by GAI, so I went through my items and located 5 pieces authenticated by them. I looked up the corresponding number on their website (what's left of it anyway) and found that two items aren't even listed. The database shows no item exists. Two of the three items I know are legit as they were from a private Willie Mays signing a few years back and included the Say Hey authentication plus the MLB authentication. The other three I believe are bad. Two are Stan Musial 8x10's and one is Bart Starr 8x10.

What I find interesting is that you would assume that people who have legitimate authentic photo's used the GAI service. There should be a quantity that are real! But, it appears that almost everything I come across is FAKE! Did they authenticate anything real, or did they have a network set up where they had people produce known forgeries and then they authenticated them? It seems to be the latter. I wish I could remember who I bought these three from and contact them. You wouldn't think they would spend their time on Musial and Starr. Any opinions on this?

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Permalink Reply by Darren Ruskin, III on July 21, 2011 at 12:08am

Dude, nobody is disputing that you go after autographs, i've seen you many a times sitting there all fat with your head shaven, ball cap on, wearing your little cigarette on your ear and pulling it out to have a little puff like an old lady. every other word out of your nouth is PSA this, Steve Grad that, Frank & Sons this, Eddie Vedder that. you don't recognize anyone because your so caught up in being THE FOOT. Foot on people, foot on!

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Permalink Reply by Darren Ruskin, III on July 21, 2011 at 12:11am

..and Ben who? Ben Griffin, Ben Evanstead, Benjamin Hillen, yeah I know them all, every collector knows who they are. Say what you gotta say about any of them, nevermind, i'm forgetting to consider my source..Foot on!

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Permalink Reply by Steve on July 21, 2011 at 1:30pm

Uh, you're not 5'10". More like 5"8". I'm the same height and by the way, I don't have red hair. Are you color blind? Still won't post a real picture of yourself, just the fun house version.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 21, 2011 at 1:46pm

Funny you said that. I didn't think Mike was 5'10".

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Permalink Reply by Steve on July 21, 2011 at 1:52pm

He's not, just another fallacy.

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Permalink Reply by christine murphy on July 21, 2011 at 6:52am

Mike, I have the Oscar pIece I bought from you signed by a few Oscar winners. It got kicked off ebay a couple of weeks ago and don't tell me you don't know which piece it is. Can you send me a check c/o Frank and Sons Collectible Show, I mean a money order and I will return it to you. Your Pacquiao items were good, but a lot of your rock and roll and celebrity items did not pass PSA, I know because I submitted them for you. Now if you want to call me a liar again, that is o.k. because you and I and God know the truth. I really don't have much more to say to you but, you need to stop critizing people when you have so many skeltons in your closet. The proof of it is all the people that are against you on this forum. Straighten out your own reputation before you critize others.

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Permalink Reply by christine murphy on July 21, 2011 at 12:30pm

I did not say your stuff was bad, I just said PSA would not pass it. I always bought your Pacquiaos, but couldn't get anything else through PSA.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on July 20, 2011 at 11:39pm

Darren, he invaded Phoenix first before he got run out and went to LA.

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Permalink Reply by christine murphy on July 20, 2011 at 11:41pm

And I am in L.A.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 21, 2011 at 12:13pm

Steve, Mike, Christine and Darren:

What you're talking about is getting WAY off the topic of this discussion, GAI, and everyone's probably gotten over 50 emails of your posts since last night. Not to stifle you, but for the sake of other participants, has enough been said to stick a fork in it? If not, what about setting up a private group and those who want can continue. I don't want it public because every post will end up in the Public Activity stream on the home page.

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Steve on July 21, 2011 at 1:21pm

You are completely full of it and you know it. There is a police record of them having to come to your house because of the fake items. By the way, I noticed that you are finally off of probation from the Phoenix court system. You had six court appearances and four cases. You had two bench warrants for failure to appear. You're a top notch citizen aren't you?