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Permalink Reply by Null on February 2, 2015 at 11:43am

As awful as it gets... 

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Permalink Reply by Barnsy on February 2, 2015 at 11:46am

I'm glad you have said that! My first instict was there is so much wrong with both. Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on February 2, 2015 at 1:59pm

Agree with Ryan this is just awful

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Permalink Reply by James on February 2, 2015 at 2:09pm

Well, I say, in that situation, if one is bad, they're probably both bad. And I know for sure the MJ is very bad.

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Permalink Reply by Null on February 2, 2015 at 2:14pm

Everything about this is garbage. The signatures are pathetic to begin with, also it's funny how they "switched" markers to try and trick you. Not to mention the fact that I'm pretty sure Tiger only signs gloves if he hits you with a golf ball. (As is tradition). 

Then to top it off the bogus "COA" says "Up-Town Signings" as if they held a signing, yet above it says they were "obtained at a golf course in Jan 2004". Then, even more of a red flag is the fact that they won't even put their name on it... just "General Merchandiser". Just a hilarious scam.

Can't believe people actually display this crap in their homes.

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Permalink Reply by James on February 2, 2015 at 10:30pm

Ya, both those sigs are really bad. I agree with you about people displaying this bogus stuff in their homes. There are so many people out there that unfortunately are proudly displaying their autographs at home, and don't have a clue that they're fake.

I'm a University of Kansas grad, and several years ago there was a basketball old-timers reunion of past players and coaches with guys who played as far back as in the '50s including Dean Smith who was on KU's 1952 NCAA title team along with some of his teammates. Larry Brown who coached the 1988 title team was there, along with Jo Jo White, Paul Pierce, Danny Manning, and Dick Harp, who coached Wilt Chamberlain at KU.

Anyway, I was lucky enough to get several autographs in person. About a year or so later, I noticed a friend of mine had a white-panel basketball signed by several of these old-timers including Dean Smith. There were probably around 25 autographs on the ball. When I looked at the ball closely, I noticed that somehow player Scot Pollard, who spells his name the unusual way with only one "t", actually "misspelled" his name using "tt", which is how most people actually spell "Scott", just not Scot Pollard. Also I noticed his Dean Smith was a poor attempt to look like mine. Furthermore, the ball also had a fake Wilt Chamberlain on it. Wilt had returned to KU in 1998.

Well, I came to find out that he paid $400 for this ball from the local dealer at the mall. I knew this ball was a complete forgery. Unfortunately, I also knew he would never be able to get a refund. And since he was so proud of that ball, I just didn't have the heart to tell him it was a fake. He was never planning to sell it, and it would really have served no purpose. So I just kept my mouth shut.

So anyway, yes unfortunately, there are many people proudly and unknowingly showing off their fake treasures.

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