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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on May 25, 2017 at 3:24pm

The only third-party authentication service that I completely trust is one that has actually witnessed an autograph being signed.

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Permalink Reply by Rich on May 25, 2017 at 3:53pm

I'll second that. Good for Beckett for (seemingly) getting off to a good start. But these companies change ownership, change leadership and greed almost inevitably comes into play. I'd rather not have my items tagged by something that could go bad. Sorry it that sounds pessimistic, but I don't think that view is unfair. I'd rather know what I'm getting and from who.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on May 25, 2017 at 4:18pm

The whole industry can be fickle when everyone wants a piece of the pie, but if you collect something for long enough, you certainly should know if somethings real or not.

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Juice on May 25, 2017 at 8:46pm

So if you join, Steve Grad (or some other expert) will give their opinion of your autograph for free?  

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Permalink Reply by Paul on May 25, 2017 at 9:17pm

Well thats the same question i asked, it seems to be run and approved by beckett and one of theor pro employees.
There's a lot of sport items on there.

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Permalink Reply by GraphingMlb on June 2, 2017 at 8:14am

Who is the Pro-Employee that is running the group with him?

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Permalink Reply by GraphingMlb on June 2, 2017 at 3:24pm

No

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Permalink Reply by marc e on May 26, 2017 at 5:41pm

but what happens when steve gets it wrong

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Permalink Reply by Brian Keeling on May 30, 2017 at 5:13pm

Inevitably Steve is going to get one wrong because Steve is a human being and Steve makes mistakes. PSA DNA JSA and Beckett do their best but they're human beings and somebody is going to slip something through. The way I see it is better to have an opinion of a third party then not to.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on May 30, 2017 at 8:52pm

These guys spend more time counting your money then they do authenticating your autographs. They rely on thinking like this and the value blind faith collectors put on them. It's comical, some of these guys authenticating by memory without exemplars or offering side deals to authenticate for less outside of the office. Pretty sketchy business.

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Permalink Reply by marc e on May 30, 2017 at 9:42pm

yup .its kinda a scam at this point.,

its good if they think so but bad if they say  so,i mean basicaly 4 people  control the whole autograpgph market.thats so ripe for fruad.

i personaly know that steve and roger have  has gotten it wrong before.

there determing what is real or fake and have u ever seen the becket b******* rejection leter.

the reason it failed could be aliens its so vague

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