Should I Have Authentication Sticker Put ON Valuable Baseball? - Autograph Live2024-03-29T11:11:29Zhttps://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/should-i-have-authentication-sticker-put-on-valuable-baseball?commentId=3524372%3AComment%3A1338790&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAgree. The picture should be…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2019-04-26:3524372:Comment:13387902019-04-26T22:46:38.940ZJameshttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/JamesScaramucci
<p>Agree. The picture should be enough to tie the two together. Plus, it’s much easier for a sticker to end up falling off the ball. </p>
<p>ROYALS FAN here as well. At least we have the 2015 World Series Title to fondly reflect upon during these down times!</p>
<p>Agree. The picture should be enough to tie the two together. Plus, it’s much easier for a sticker to end up falling off the ball. </p>
<p>ROYALS FAN here as well. At least we have the 2015 World Series Title to fondly reflect upon during these down times!</p> Hey @SeamusWhere are you loca…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2019-04-26:3524372:Comment:13382582019-04-26T17:35:46.550ZD Rhttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/DR
<p>Hey @Seamus<br/><br/>Where are you located? I have a very clean Mantle I was about to send to PSA. Maybe we can help eachother out. (I'm one of those guys that prefers the PSA Letter).<br/><br/><br/></p>
<p>Hey @Seamus<br/><br/>Where are you located? I have a very clean Mantle I was about to send to PSA. Maybe we can help eachother out. (I'm one of those guys that prefers the PSA Letter).<br/><br/><br/></p> I know you're talking about t…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2018-07-08:3524372:Comment:12270652018-07-08T19:33:03.819ZGary Dunaierhttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/GaryDunaier
<p>I know you're talking about third-party authenticators, but Major League Baseball puts authentication stickers on their game-used baseballs. Here's a screen capture of a MLB authenticator authenticating New York Met Phillip Evans' first Major League hit (9/9/17). Note that a hologram sticker has already been affixed to the ball, just below the Rawlings logo.…</p>
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<p>I know you're talking about third-party authenticators, but Major League Baseball puts authentication stickers on their game-used baseballs. Here's a screen capture of a MLB authenticator authenticating New York Met Phillip Evans' first Major League hit (9/9/17). Note that a hologram sticker has already been affixed to the ball, just below the Rawlings logo.</p>
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<p><span>Incidentally, you might find it interesting that the Mets broadcasters seemed bemused at the existence of an official authenticator...</span></p>
<blockquote>Gary Cohen: The authenticator is authenticating. Phillip Evans' first major league hit, first major league double. "I'm the Authenticator." Authentication, Incorporated . . . [after the camera showed a close-up of the "Authentication, Inc." logo on the authenticator's jacket] . . . there you go.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Keith Hernandez; A lot of people feeding at the trough.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Gary Cohen: They want to make sure the baseball is properly authenticated. You don't want to have amateur authentications.</blockquote> +1 yet another very good reas…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2018-06-18:3524372:Comment:12197762018-06-18T21:51:18.974ZEric Keith Longohttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/Eric947
<p>+1 yet another very good reason to avoid stickers/free advertising/vandalism...</p>
<p>+1 yet another very good reason to avoid stickers/free advertising/vandalism...</p> It's a pet peeve of mine, but…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2018-06-18:3524372:Comment:12195052018-06-18T20:44:05.009ZSteve Zarellihttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/MrZipper
<p>It's a pet peeve of mine, but another consideration for signed baseballs...</p>
<p>If there is the slightest bit of toning on the ball, the snow white stickers stick out like a sore thumb and accentuate the toning. I do not like the look of the white stickers on a ball that has toning. And, they almost all eventually tone.</p>
<p>It's a pet peeve of mine, but another consideration for signed baseballs...</p>
<p>If there is the slightest bit of toning on the ball, the snow white stickers stick out like a sore thumb and accentuate the toning. I do not like the look of the white stickers on a ball that has toning. And, they almost all eventually tone.</p> The photo on the letter AND t…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2018-06-18:3524372:Comment:12195022018-06-18T20:08:34.775ZMike Whitehttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/MikeWhite
<p>The photo on the letter AND the same photo on the online cert check.</p>
<p>You need both for peace of mind.</p>
<p>Documents, as we've seen (especially you, Steve) are somewhat trivial to fake with enough time and resources.</p>
<p>It's also not hard to come up with a number that'll correspond to a similarly signed item in the database.</p>
<p>If you can fake the document, faking the sticker is nothing.</p>
<p>Getting a picture of an unauthenticated item into the database or faking every…</p>
<p>The photo on the letter AND the same photo on the online cert check.</p>
<p>You need both for peace of mind.</p>
<p>Documents, as we've seen (especially you, Steve) are somewhat trivial to fake with enough time and resources.</p>
<p>It's also not hard to come up with a number that'll correspond to a similarly signed item in the database.</p>
<p>If you can fake the document, faking the sticker is nothing.</p>
<p>Getting a picture of an unauthenticated item into the database or faking every nuance of an item already pictured, on the other hand, is where the sense of security comes in.</p>
<p>That's why I was so bemused when I bought a PSA Bob Lemon ball about 10-15 years ago, and when I contacted them about there being no photo on the cert check, they told me it must have been oversight and that I could take one and send it in.</p> Those buyers are idiots.
It's…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2018-06-18:3524372:Comment:12196112018-06-18T20:00:53.425ZMike Whitehttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/MikeWhite
<p>Those buyers are idiots.</p>
<p>It's not hard to find a good listing on eBay with a good COA.</p>
<p>It's going to be a lot easier to print a fake sticker with that number on it than it is to match every nuance of a signature pictured in the database.</p>
<p>If you figure out how to pull off the latter seamlessly, then faking the sticker is just an extra step. It's not a layer of protection by any stretch of the imagination.</p>
<p>Any buyer who looks at the item, sees the picture of that…</p>
<p>Those buyers are idiots.</p>
<p>It's not hard to find a good listing on eBay with a good COA.</p>
<p>It's going to be a lot easier to print a fake sticker with that number on it than it is to match every nuance of a signature pictured in the database.</p>
<p>If you figure out how to pull off the latter seamlessly, then faking the sticker is just an extra step. It's not a layer of protection by any stretch of the imagination.</p>
<p>Any buyer who looks at the item, sees the picture of that exact item on the LOA, sees that the picture on the LOA is the same picture shown on the online cert check, and refuses to buy it because there's no sticker on the item itself is remarkably stupid.</p>
<p></p> Why don't you just peel the s…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2018-06-18:3524372:Comment:12196682018-06-18T19:53:14.700ZMike Whitehttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/MikeWhite
<p>Why don't you just peel the sticker off the ball....?</p>
<p>Why don't you just peel the sticker off the ball....?</p> To reiterate what Joe W. said…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2018-06-18:3524372:Comment:12193572018-06-18T19:52:32.503ZMike Whitehttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/MikeWhite
<p>To reiterate what Joe W. said, the LOA contains a picture of the signature.</p>
<p>The LOA verification online contains that same picture of the signature.</p>
<p>It's a lot easier to fake a JSA sticker with a number that corresponds to a good COA with no picture than it is to duplicate every nuance of a photographed signature.</p>
<p>The sticker is irrelevant precisely because you can sticker anything, like you said. As such, there's no reason to put it on the ball itself.</p>
<p>To reiterate what Joe W. said, the LOA contains a picture of the signature.</p>
<p>The LOA verification online contains that same picture of the signature.</p>
<p>It's a lot easier to fake a JSA sticker with a number that corresponds to a good COA with no picture than it is to duplicate every nuance of a photographed signature.</p>
<p>The sticker is irrelevant precisely because you can sticker anything, like you said. As such, there's no reason to put it on the ball itself.</p> interesting discussion. I hav…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2018-06-16:3524372:Comment:12187372018-06-16T01:36:24.157Zterrier8HOFhttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/terrier8HOF
<p>interesting discussion. I have never sent any of my baseballs to be authenticated, but I do have some that have PSA or JSA stickers and it doesn't bother me in the least. </p>
<p>interesting discussion. I have never sent any of my baseballs to be authenticated, but I do have some that have PSA or JSA stickers and it doesn't bother me in the least. </p>