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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 January 6, 2018 at 12:12pm: Everyone:

Argue as much as you want, but no personal attacks please, or using insulting terms.

Comment by Richard S. Simon on January 6, 2018 at 12:16pm: "The CEO of a multi-billion dollar company saw American Royal Arts ads in Forbes and Money and spent $300,000 or so with them, including this "Mega-signed Guitar" for $100,000." Can you imagine if he ran his billion dollar company that way. Can you imagine if an employee of his bought something for the company for $300K, without any due diligence, and was totally duped into buying garbage?? Just going in and making huge purchases without thoroughly checking out what he was doing. What makes otherwise smart people so stupid when it comes to something like this?

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 6, 2018 at 12:30pm: The forensic document papers are a major reason why. Most people can't imagine someone "court approved" would be involved in a scam.

Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on January 6, 2018 at 12:35pm: Goodcat, Fudd: Someone has to have the last word between you—and that's gonna be me.

Each of you, please email me a photo of your "package" and I'll appoint a committee to determine who's is more impressive. Our decision will be final.

Comment by goodcat on January 6, 2018 at 12:38pm: hahahaha

good one Steve

I like your style mate

Comment by Richard S. Simon on January 6, 2018 at 12:39pm: Steve, I think some of these people are living in a fantasy world. There is so much scamming going on in everything that anyone who does not exert any due diligence is a fool, especially when so much money is involved. They could at least have attempted to put the money in escrow and then do some due diligence. Of course, if such an attempt was made with Toby or ARA the scammers would have tried to back out. At least then, I would hope, the buyer would be smart enough to stop the deal.

Comment by Joe W. on January 6, 2018 at 1:09pm: Personally, I think you both need a time out. The discussion is about autographs. Be civil.

Comment by Rick Meyer on January 6, 2018 at 1:17pm: You actually think he'd show up? Very few would actually follow through or accept that silly internet threat. Wonder why so many still use it. What a laugh.

Comment by goodcat on January 6, 2018 at 1:24pm: howdy Rick Meyer

I see you're from Pheonix.

I just got into Avondale a few days ago.

PM me and we can have a beer