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Permalink Reply by Chad B on June 1, 2020 at 8:33pm

On first view it looks good to me. I think you would assess this autographed like any other. Compare it to examples you trust and see if the characteristics match.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Y on June 1, 2020 at 8:35pm

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Steve on June 1, 2020 at 8:58pm

Looks ok to me.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Y on June 1, 2020 at 9:15pm

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Deepak Nahar on June 2, 2020 at 4:59am

I think this is real. 

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Y on June 2, 2020 at 8:34am

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Legendary Collector on June 2, 2020 at 3:01pm

Hmmm, at first glance it looks authentic, however if you really examine closely, I’m concerned about the “r”.  I have a pretty vast Bird collection and the “r”s usually are apparent that there are two, rather here, it’s looks to be just one.  Can post some of my collection if you’d like to compare, but not sure about this one.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Y on June 2, 2020 at 3:21pm

Thanks. I grabbed a photo from the official NBA store which shows close to one "r".  There's also a Beckett Certificate of Authenticity. I also pulled up this link which has a few examples of one "r". 

https://www.psacard.com/autographfacts/basketball/larry-bird/50

What do you think? 

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Permalink Reply by Legendary Collector on June 2, 2020 at 4:16pm

Hey I sent a message, we can discuss this and compare all my Birds if you'd like.

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Permalink Reply by Gregory Davis on June 2, 2020 at 3:07pm

In regards to the last comment, I too have a good amount of Larry Birds (mostly basketball cards and posters) and I agree, this one is a bit suspect.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Y on June 2, 2020 at 3:11pm

Does it help if there's a Beckett Certificate of Authenticity?

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