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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on March 28, 2014 at 5:36pm

Can't really see the mantle Williams too well. But the McGwire is horrendous as is the Sosa to the left of it.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 2, 2014 at 5:10pm

You mean a 1919 BS baseball?

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Permalink Reply by Erich Jerozal on March 29, 2014 at 8:15am

I wish I could see pics of some of these autographs.  100,000 bucks worth. 

Why go to Drew Max?  As bad as he is.  I wonder if he has deemed good sigs bad just for his cause.  His cause being to flood the market with forgeries of course. 

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on March 29, 2014 at 2:18pm

Makes me wonder if Drew Max had to reject his own certed items when he went through that collection.

My view of his rejection of 75% of the autographs he looked it, is that he rejected the obvious ones (TTA, Morales, Frangi, AAU, etc) that are rejected by the mainstream hobby.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if Drew Max had to reject autographs he previously certed.

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Permalink Reply by Ira Rosen on March 29, 2014 at 2:39pm

It wouldn't surprise me if someone in the Prosecutor's Office decided to tell the Record that 75% of the items were pulled, and that Drew Max had nothing to do with that. Some people here in NJ try to create layers of separation when controversy rears its pesky head.

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Permalink Reply by thomas jess on April 2, 2014 at 4:51pm

Did drew use his magnifying glass to authenticate?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on April 2, 2014 at 5:07pm

I don't trust Drew Max in the least, but I don't think we can assume that he authenticated the Dimaggio ball the prosecutor is holding, or any of the others in the photos. Let's see what's posted on the auction site.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on April 2, 2014 at 5:09pm

I agree with you, Steve, but I wouldn't be surprised if Max had to reject any and all "AAU" certed autographs.

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Permalink Reply by Ira Rosen on May 3, 2014 at 1:42pm

I attended the auction today. Didn't look at all 255 lots but saw enough forgeries, most with Drew Max stickers. Every Mays and DiMaggio I saw was fake. The auctioneer made a point of saying neither they nor the prosecutor warranted the authenticity of any item, and certain items were dependent on "confirmation." Whatever that means. Saw a few signed 1996 and 1998 Yankees (forged) photos sell for a few hundred dollars. Both the Record and News 12 New Jersey were there. I spoke to both, buy since I'm not a recognized expert I declined to be quoted. Left after 15 minutes, had better things to do than waste a Saturday watching people throw money away. SMH. 

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