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Permalink Reply by Rich on December 2, 2012 at 5:39pm

Not to be a pessimist, but if you bought Jackie Robinson autographs cheap, there's a better than average chance that they are not authentic.  You can always post images on this site for opinions.  Maybe you got a great deal, maybe not.

I can tell you that the consensus on this forum is that Max/AAU authenticate many forgeries of (what would be) many high end autographs.  Hence the stigma associated with Max/AAU COA's might be such that ebay has a hairtrigger reaction to any AAU items deemed questionable.  Or else they were just blatant forgeries.  Hard for us to know without seeing the items.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Schwartz on December 2, 2012 at 5:55pm

Is this post serious? Because it reads like a dead-on parody of every questionable dealer that gets spotlighted here.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on December 2, 2012 at 6:53pm

They removed forgeries..................and they are the fools for preventing you from selling them? Whatever!

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Permalink Reply by Tim Rucker on December 2, 2012 at 7:25pm

Yes, I am serious.  Apparently you have heard this before though.  If these are blatant forgeries, then I apparently got ripped off as well.  But I assure you that everything they removed was not a forgery because they removed every listing I had, auto or not.  It seems like they are rather gun shy about it period.  If it's that much of a problem, why don't they just stop allowing autographs to be posted.  Does Ebay really have an autograph "expert" in their company or are they just randomly removing things?  Apparently I picked the wrong hobby to start messing around with with no experience. 

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on December 2, 2012 at 7:34pm

Post a picture here of what you had removed that you know wasnt a forgery.

Question....why should EBAY ban selling autographs when some sellers actually sell authentic ones? Why should they be punished because some sellers who know absolutely nothing about autographs try and buy $30 Jackie Robinson signatures and try to flip them for a fast buck?

I'd bet 90% of the forgeries being sold are known to be forgeries by the sellers. Not all of you are innocent victims.

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Permalink Reply by Adrienne Levy on December 3, 2012 at 6:53am

Hi everyone - I am new and hope not out of turn posting this:  here is my experience with Ebay and selling autographs.  I am a collector and reseller.  I have excellent reputation on eBay as seller and buyer.  I collect many things but recently couldnt pass up a large - mostly damaged collection of Rock and Roll Albums.  They were in garage at an Estate Sale.  If any of you go to Estate sale - I can assure you - some are ran by less then knowledgable dealers so deals can be found.  So first thing I notice is that most signatures are aquired in last 10 to 15 years on older records - for example S&G 2002 on a 1968 record - this is normal especially for the estate owner - he work in the industry behind the sceens.  Anyway, I check the sigs and I do all this work and out the gate - ebay flags me for only the Ringo Star and McCartney - not Johnny Cash, Stones..etc.  So next round of listinngs, I put in option that states: "I offer you a COA upon purchase, cost to be added to final auction price.  If item is unable to be authenticated for any reason - I will refund your money back."  Again I am top rated and 100% since 2007 so this may be why they let me sell...thats my two cents...also most my stuff is damaged in one way or another so its pretty low priced and I like to auction - my goal is to get a rid of it not keep it.  That all said I got some questionable items I will be posting. 

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