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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on August 23, 2020 at 6:07am

the gloves are awful.  not even close.  not sure about the photo

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Permalink Reply by Owen Smith on August 23, 2020 at 6:20am

From collecting Ali autographs myself over a 25 year period, the gloves are poor fakes. 

The photo in my opinion is also bad - it's fading anyway so it hasn't been looked after very well. 

Avoid all of it. It is pretty much worthless. 

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Permalink Reply by D R on August 23, 2020 at 7:01am

Thanks guys.  Was afraid of that.  The owner is a very nice older guy who has some great authentic autographs (baseballs).  I didn’t have the heart to tell him is pride and joy was likely forged.

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Permalink Reply by Owen Smith on August 23, 2020 at 7:10am

No problem.

This is the case with many fake items I see on a daily basis. The sellers are not always fraudsters who own these items. They just believe that they have the genuine article in their collection.

This is another problem with fake items, they stay in circulation for many years because the owner cannot believe the item is fake and it is hard sometimes to tell a decent person that they are trying to sell a fake. No honest person wants to be told that. 

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Permalink Reply by Steve on August 23, 2020 at 11:58am

The gloves are fake.

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