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DEREK JETER FORGERIES ARE AT AN ALL TIME HIGH DUE TO 3000 HIT MILESTONE

Jeter fans beware....due to Derek Jeter's 3000 hit milestone Jeter forgeries have now struck an all time high on auctions...the top photo's is a perfect example of a G.A.I Jeter forgery that is out there in extremely high numbers...(that forgery style in particular)...Jeter forgeries have been out there for quite some time and are very obvious...the forgeres will never get Jeters auto perfect in my opinion due to the series of loops in his auto...I have seen this style on 8X10s as well...this particular style forgery you can pick out right from the beginning with the letter "D" and those loops for his first name...also how the autograph is all over the place not to tip off the forger of what is so obviously wrong with this horrific forgery style...consumers beware in purchasing any Jeter autographs nowadays...the high number in forgeries and the uneducated buyers out there goes hand and hand that fuels this problem terribly...now on the bottom is a superb authentic Jeter autograph form steiner sports on a Jeter Jersey...as you can see the autos are not even close...the authentic jeter is perfect and fluid...the top Jeter is just a hideous mess...please take extra precaution in purchasing a Jeter auto...do the research...and be prepared to pay a pretty penny for an authentic auto and not a cheap forgery...

Authentic Jeter Signed Jersey from Steiner Sports...

Authentic Jeter single signed ball...

Here is a recent pick from Steiner Sports...as you can see the "BOW TIE''-"OWL EYES'' formation on the end of the auto which lots of forgers try to mimic but never come close to the rest of the formation...

ADDED 8/16/2012 MUST SEE !!!!!

IT HAS NOW COME TO MY ATTENTION WITH THE HELP OF OTHER MEMBERS THAT ANOTHER FORGERY STYLE JETER IS OUT THERE...NOT SURE THE EXACT NUMBERS ON THEM BUT IT SEEMS TO BE ON THE "CEREMONIAL FIRST PITCH" AMERICAN FLAG BASEBALLS SIGNED IN ''BLACK INK'' UNDER THE FLAG...IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE PLEASE HAVE IT CHECKED OUT...I HAVE SEEN AUTHENTIC ONES BEFORE...BUT HAVE SEEN MORE FAKES THEN AUTHENTIC ONES...HERE IS 2 EXAMPLES OF THESE FAKES !!!!

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Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 31, 2012 at 9:46am: Cee Gee, so if 60% to 70% of the non-certified autographs you've seen on eBay are fake and 90% of the Global Authentic autographs you've seen are fake, what does that say?

Comment by Steve Zarelli on January 31, 2012 at 9:49am: I agree. I think you have a better chance rolling the dice with a “non-authenticated” in-person collector who sells on eBay than a GAI/Global Authentics cert.

You can often get excellent material from reliable “in-person” sellers and non-TPA dealers on eBay. Excellent material with a Global Authentic / GAI sticker is very, very uncommon.

Comment by CEE GEE on January 31, 2012 at 11:00am: Hey Steve...I think that may be wrong...the NON certified stuff I have seen for the most part IS most of the time GOOD...not all the time...but much more then items certified by ridiculous certifications of no name authentication services or forgery rings...phony or copied certs being used for crap fakes are all over the place and I would say its half because the collector is clueless to there piece and the other half is sellers knowing there dumping fakes...I can begin to tell you how many autos I have purchased that where not certified that were 100% pure...the cert is a great thing...but a trained eye is far more valuable in this industry...between all my items probably only 30% to 40% are genuinely certified by real deal certs.

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 31, 2012 at 2:32pm: Cee Gee, Mr Zipper:

That would be a really good study: What percentage of eBay autographs without COAs are likely genuine. Stick to sports for starters.

Comment by CJCollector on January 31, 2012 at 3:11pm: When I first started looking into Derek Jeter forgeries on Ebay about nine years ago, the situation was terrible. At that time, it was my opinion that at least 80% of the Derek Jeter autographs on Ebay were forgeries. Of course, I won't go into detail about a lot things, but the situation is much better today.

Back in the day (nine years ago) there were hundreds of sellers selling multiples of Jeter forgeries every week. There were rings of sellers using MailBox Etc type addresses to sell their forgeries. There was one seller (I still have all my files) who would sell three forgeries of every star athlete every seven days. As an example, he would sell a Jeter signed bat, ball and cap/jersey every week until I exposed him. By the time he was done, he sold over 6,000 forgeries; and that was just one seller. Think about those numbers. Ebay, with some help, has done a terrific job.

Most of the Jeter crap that is on Ebay is the GA garbage. Most of the bulk-sellers of that garbage, use Private feedback and some Private listings. One seller has easily sold over 400 Jeter signed bats, baseballs and jersey items. It's like they have an infinite supply, and as long as they continue to be certed by GA, I guess it will be an infinite supply.

The Jeter autographs that we see here that are certed by GA are done by someone who is sitting down in a comfortable position. These are not autographs that are signed by someone who is signing for a crowd standing up. And since Jeter has an exclusive autograph contract with Steiner Sports, where are all of these GA certed Derek Jeter autographs coming from? All of the photos, bats, baseballs and jersey items. And it is an infinite supply.

Check out the below Jeter on Ebay right now. No one can convince me that Jeter signed that photograph. I call these Jeter autographs Mechanically Signed.

Where are all of the Jeter signed black baseballs coming from? I communicated with Steiner Sports about these and I was told that Derek only signs these black baseballs for Steiner Sports, and yet I've seen them sold in the hundreds and all with GA certs. As a matter of fact, the one major seller of this garbage lists autographs of every major athlete from all four major sports and ALL of them are certed by GA.

Comment by CJCollector on January 31, 2012 at 3:18pm: This one is certed by ACE and GA.

Comment by CJCollector on January 31, 2012 at 3:19pm: Another one by the same seller:

Comment by Steve Zarelli on January 31, 2012 at 4:30pm: I'm surprised Steiner doesn't go after this GA junk with Vero acting as Jeter's agent. From Steiner's perspective, this stuff has to be seriously eroding the demand and price for authentic Steiner material.

Comment by CJCollector on January 31, 2012 at 6:43pm: I am, too, Mr. Zipper. I've communicated with Steiner Sports numerous times about this crap. When I first contacted them years ago, they responded like they were going to do something but never did. Then I contacted them again in the fall of 2011, and again, they acted like they cared, but no action was taken. I was shocked that they didn't do anything about those Derek Jeter signed black baseballs that were certed by GA. Jeter signed those black baseballs in limited quantity for Steiner Sports, but the number certed by GA, in my opinion, certainly outnumbers those signed by Jeter for Steiner Sports.