RR Auction doesn't even trust the authenticators they recommend

I attempted to consign a signed album leaf by Louisiana U.S. Senator Huey P. Long, and a signed photo of Eva Peron to RR Auction to auction for me.

Since neither item had a certificate of authenticity, RR Auction turned them down and suggested several authenticators I could contact to authenticate the pieces. One of the authenticators was James Spence. So, I submitted the Huey P Long and Eva Peron to James Spence Authenticators.

After paying $120, James Spence authenticated both pieces as genuine.

I got back to RR Auction and proudly submitted the certificates of authenticity issued by James Spence. The RR Auction rep said she would submit the info to their in-house big-wigs along with the certificates of authenticity for both the Huey P. Long and Eva Peron.

Incredibly, RR Auction wouldn't accept the certificates of authenticity from James Spence--the authenticator THEY recommended.

Is RR Auction getting kickbacks from authenticators they suggest?

Thanks for letting me vent,

Garrett Meadows

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Permalink Reply by Daniel S. on July 25, 2019 at 7:11pm

For modern music, REAL. For classical, PSA/DNA, I believe. Like you though, when I think “music”, I think modern music.

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on July 25, 2019 at 7:15pm

And they probably use Steve Zarelli for Space. The point is that is all autographs are pre-certified then why would they require anyone to get a TPA?

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Permalink Reply by Daniel S. on July 25, 2019 at 7:18pm

Doesn’t make sense to me.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on July 25, 2019 at 7:23pm

Just find another auction to consign too!

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on July 26, 2019 at 3:28pm

They do. I have never heard of RR asking a potential consignor to obtain third party authentication to consign.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on July 26, 2019 at 3:34pm

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Permalink Reply by Ru007 on July 26, 2019 at 3:18am

Wow you got to be kidding? So if I’m wrong please correct me, you have a signed item and the auction house wouldn’t accept it and advised you to get it authenticated by one of several TPAs and after you did so with JSA who was on that list of TPAs they denied it? I don’t think you can make that crap up, it makes zero sense, did they have an excuse for ther change of heart on Jsa?