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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on July 14, 2019 at 7:41am

as I suspected, he pulled the photo from the PSA site and doctored it:

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on July 14, 2019 at 7:43am

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on July 14, 2019 at 7:46am

Yep.

https://www.psacard.com/autographfacts/baseball/jackie-robinson/40

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on July 14, 2019 at 7:54am

Steve, isn't it time to flush the toilet?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 14, 2019 at 9:27am

Mike Bloom is no longer with us.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on July 14, 2019 at 9:50am

Here ya go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L8kYsXg5jQ

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on July 14, 2019 at 10:00am

Lol thanks Chris!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 13, 2019 at 10:05am

Hi Mike

I agree with the others, it's not real in my opinion. Jackie Robinson had a very consistent signature. Here's a check the "Robinson" on yours may be modeled after:

Your Robinson is fairly close, but slowly and not smoothly signed. Your Jackie isn't close to any that I know of. The small letters are too tall in relation to the J and K, and the small letters on Robinson, and cramped. Plus Jackie is vertical, not slanted, and he had a strong right slant.

I got this from PSA's autograph database, which is a great resource for vintage baseball exemplars:

https://www.psacard.com/autographfacts/baseball/jackie-robinson/40

Did you buy it in the last six months and did you pay by credit card or PayPal? Was the seller in Calif.?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 13, 2019 at 10:26am

BTW, PSA's autograph database is very popular among forgers. But luckily most forgers are not good at what they do. 

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on July 13, 2019 at 10:56am

Good point, Steve.  Why the question about California?  Is there more protection for autograph collectors there?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 13, 2019 at 12:50pm

There is, Mike. Since 1992, sports autographs have fallen under a law that allows for 10 times damages plus legal fees and costs for selling fakes and not complying with other conditions. That’s if you’re a dealer in California selling to someone else in California or outside of California. And it may apply to dealers outside of California selling into it.

The law Mark Hamill supported in 2016, that’s took affect in 2017 made the same law cover all other autographs. All autographs $5 and over fell under the law.

The law was revised in 2017 to make it just sports, entertainment, and music autographs. It left off historical, book signings, things like that. And statutory damages were lowered to about 5-times loss. The law was changed to make it autographs worth $50 and over that fell under it.

And BTW, you are considered a dealer under the law if you sell three or more autographs a year. 

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on July 13, 2019 at 12:54pm

I like it.  We need the same law in New York.  Thanks for the explanation.

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