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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on May 24, 2014 at 7:54pm

Every item that I was familiar with and had an SGC sticker on it was authentic in my opinion. 

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on May 25, 2014 at 5:59am

SGC Authentic is being run by Mike Root, formerly of JSA. Larry Studebaker, also formerly of JSA, is also at SGC. 

http://www.sgccard.com/OurStaff.aspx

In my experience, SGC has been authenticating tightly and I'd be quite surprised to see them pass any bad Mantle material. 

In full disclosure, I am the space and aviation consultant for SGC.

Steve Zarelli
Zarelli Space Authentication
www.SpaceLOA.com

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on May 25, 2014 at 1:33pm

They do have a loaded staff. I've only seen a handful of their authenticated items but they look pretty solid to me.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on May 25, 2014 at 6:39am

I have checked SGC authenticated items on ebay, and find them to have a very high degree of accuracy with regards to baseball items.

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Permalink Reply by Pristine Auction (Jared Kavlie) on May 25, 2014 at 11:44am

From what I have seen, I believe SGC is a quality authenticator. They are fairly new to the third party autograph authentication business, but they have a recognized name in the sports card grading space. They have a quality, experienced team in place to authenticate autographed memorabilia. We recognize SGC as an approved authenticator at Pristine Auction. I would personally be comfortable buying an SGC authenticated autograph for my personal collection. Hope this helps.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Maxwell on May 25, 2014 at 12:08pm

I tried them once at a show. I had a bird, Jordan, johnson dream team signed photo I had for over 15 years. I was just walking by and they talked me into getting it authenticated. Since they actually tried to sell me on using their authentication and the authenticator was holding it in his hands, I figured there would be no problem passing. When they told me the price($100), I almost said no but since they seemed cool and I wanted to try them out (the line at the JSA booth was very long and they estimated a six hour wait- SCG had no line and told me about 30 minutes). 

Well, I came back and after I paid the $100 fee, the guy looks me right in the face and says it was no good, not even close. I was pretty pissed since this guy CONVINCED me to get it authenticated through them. You would think for a new customer and an item he said he knew right away was off, he wouldn't have tried so hard to sell me on their services. For that reason, I will never use them again. I get ALL my items I don't get signed in person authenticated, so I spend quite a bit of money on authentication fees every month. I've spent THOUSANDS with JSA. So they missed quite a bit of business with me. Sometimes customer service and common sense is more valuable than a single authentication fee. 

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on May 25, 2014 at 12:52pm

Ryan,

Could you post the photo they failed?

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Maxwell on May 25, 2014 at 1:06pm

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Maxwell on May 25, 2014 at 1:09pm

I purchased this with my dad when I was about 13 years old with my dad at the Colorado Rockies Fan Fest during the All-Star game. It cost me $200 back then. Came with some pre-printed COA typical of that era that means nothing. I always thought it was real. Wasn't going to pay one of the big guys (PSA-JSA) and risk failing there are well. 

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on May 25, 2014 at 3:06pm

Thanks, Ryan. Hopefully some members who know the autographs will comment on them.

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Permalink Reply by Null on December 1, 2014 at 1:26pm

I just picked up a Mattingly sig slabbed by SGC and it is no doubt authentic. I then Google'd SGC and ended up in this discussion. Ryan you should definitely should not waste that much money on authentication, do your research and make sure it is real BEFORE you buy! I have never spent $1 on authentication. I do not need a sticker or "COA" to know something is real.

Also, I agree with SGC that your magazine is NOT authentic... But yes that does suck they talked you into wasting $100. Once again, why I will never spend $1 on authentication. 

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Permalink Reply by James on April 27, 2015 at 10:40pm

Funny, I was googling SGC and like you stumbled onto this discussion. As you were 6 months behind the start of the discussion, I am about 5 months behind you. Anyway, SGC sounds good for autograph authentication. I agree with you and SGC. That Bird, Jordan, Magic indeed isn't even close. But that really does sound like a pathetic money grab by SGC.

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