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Antiquities Caesars Palace, GFA/Stephen Rocchi and AAU/Drew Max Sued for Autograph Fraud

According to the Courthouse News Service, Mr. Daniel Odobas has filed a lawsuit against Antiquities Of Nevada (Toby Stoffa), Drew Max (Authentic Autographs Unlimited) and Stephen Rocchi (Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators for "Fraud, Deceptive, Trade, Misrepresentation, Unjust Enrichment, Conspiracy, Bad Faith, Breach Of Contract and Breach Of Warranty."

Immediately below are links to the story.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/08/30/vegas-memorabilia-house-ac...

http://www.inquisitr.com/3472565/vegas-antiques-and-memorabilia-dea...

In my opinion, this was a long time coming.

Drew Max of Authentic Autographs Unlimited, gives himself the title of Forensic Document Examiner (FDE).

What in the world does "Forensics" have anything to do with autographs?

Very, very rarely in my opinion.

I don't know of any Forensic Document Examiner who knows sports or music autographs

It is also important to know that COAs and LOAs issued by Forensic Document Examiners or by authentication companies that use them, are much less likely to be genuine.

I have yet to see an authentic autograph of Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams with a COA from Drew Max (AAU).

Not one.

Just below is a link to a thread I wrote on Drew Max and one of his performances on the Pawn Stores show as he Forensically Examined an FDR "Letter To Clergy."

http://live.autographmagazine.com/profiles/blogs/drew-max-forensic-...

Then, of course, there is Stephen Rocchi and his Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators (GFA) group.

In the six years since Rocchi started GFA, I have yet to see one authentic Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams or Joe DiMaggio autograph with a COA from GFA (Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators).

Also, since when does a Forensic Examination only cost $25.00?

Rocchi does all of the below for $25.00 and still can't get it right.

From Rocchi's website. Seriously?

You do not need "Forensics" to determine if an autograph is authentic or not.

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/ebay-mantle-dimaggio...

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/joe-dimaggio-forgeri...

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/roger-maris-forgerie...

Just below is a typical Mickey Mantle forgery on a baseball with a COA from Stephen Rocchi and Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators.

It can be opined in less than one second as a forgery.

What is Rocchi thinking when he issues a COA for the below Mantle forgery?

Rocchi (Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators) has certed dozens of the below set of Mickey Mantle/Roger Maris forgeries on a reproduced Safe At Home poster.

A real authenticator would laugh and dismiss this garbage in a millisecond, but Rocchi has certed dozens of these as authentic.

These are, at best, laughable.

When will all of this "Forensic" madness finally end?

Tags: aau, antiquities, caesars palace, drew max, forgeries, fraud, gfa, lawsuit, pawn stars, rocchi, More…toby stoffa

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Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 5, 2016 at 3:45pm: I hope they depose GFA's FDE John Goraczyk. His testimony should be the most interesting

Comment by CJCollector on September 5, 2016 at 3:48pm: Great you brought that up, Steve.

Another so-called FDE who knows nothing about sports autographs.

Comment by Richard S. Simon on September 5, 2016 at 3:57pm: Chris,, you say there is no proof Burczyk ever examined any of those forgeries. You worded that wrong. There is no proof that Burczyk ever existed except in the mind of the Florida criminals. For all we know possibly like the new authenticator for CC East Coast Authenticators, it could be a total figment of the crooks imaginations.

Comment by CJCollector on September 5, 2016 at 4:01pm: That's a good point, Rich.

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 5, 2016 at 4:11pm: Here's a link to AAU's Facebook Fan Page. All sorts of revealing posts. Dig in and you may notice that they may not like us:

https://www.facebook.com/Authentic-Autographs-Unlimited-15764311093...

Comment by CJCollector on September 5, 2016 at 4:15pm: Drew Max (AAU):

http://live.autographmagazine.com/profiles/blogs/forged-autographs-...

Comment by terrier8HOF on September 5, 2016 at 4:58pm: check out his April 1, 2014 post (reply). It seems he also has the ability to predict the future.

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 5, 2016 at 4:59pm: When you add things to the blog, Chris, please post a comment letting us know what it is so we know to take a look. Thanks