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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 Richard S. Simon on January 3, 2018 at 5:50pm: Is there any truth to that, that the litigant now believes the items are authentic?

Comment by Richard S. Simon on January 3, 2018 at 5:51pm: Or was that part of the settlement, that he had to say that?

Comment by CJCollector on January 3, 2018 at 5:51pm: Excellent question, Richard.

Comment by Rick Meyer on January 3, 2018 at 6:50pm: That guy let them rip him off and settled with them allowing them to say he thinks they are now authentic? Sold out. What a clown.

Comment by CJCollector on January 3, 2018 at 7:08pm: This is getting more bizarre by the moment.

Comment by BallroomDays67 on January 3, 2018 at 7:37pm: According to the complaint, one of the Jimi Hendrix Experience "signed" albums is a reissue from 1979. Does he now believe that Hendrix rose from the grave to sign this album? What a joke.

Comment by Michael on January 3, 2018 at 7:40pm: Their business is built on their "credibility" so what do you think? Before you call somebody names, you should try walking a mile in their shoes.

Comment by Michael on January 3, 2018 at 7:45pm: If anybody really really wants to put these people out of business... simply report them to the FTC here:

https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/GettingStarted?NextQID=251&am...

Once Antiquities are investigated, charges will follow.

Comment by Xwiesy on January 3, 2018 at 7:47pm: The way to get them is to have a court force them to give up their “sources.”

It will all come down...they dont have any.

Comment by Michael on January 3, 2018 at 8:10pm: I called the Las Vegas DA's office and they don't do "investigations". The police (i.e. local, FBI or the FTC) have to investigate and if they find evidence of a crime, they bring it to the DA's office to prosecute. At that point the DA will open a file and 80% of the time will file charges. I think the COA's, the sources... it will all come apart in about 5 minutes.

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