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Here in this thread I am going to show various examples of Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio forgeries listed and sold on Ebay with COAs from Steve Rocchi, lead "authenticator" for Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators (GFA).
What is really sad, is that thousands of our military personnel got ripped off buying this garbage from the AAFES website. I bet a ton of them got them at cheap prices and looked at them as an investment. This crap is pure garbage.
Please note that in the 5 1/2 years since GFA started, I have yet to see even one authentic Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, etc. autograph with a GFA (Rocchi) COA.
It is now 2021 and we have yet to observe an authentic autograph attached to a GFA (Rocchi) COA.
Before I show the aforementioned, immediately below are links to two important threads on Stephen Rocchi and Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators (GFA).
There have also been a ton of Mantle/Koufax forgeries on baseballs.
All laughable.
In my opinion, forgeries are at an all-time high on Ebay.
The main reason that forgeries are at an all-time high is because they are an easy sell, especially on Ebay.
As most of us here know, forgeries are meant to have the appearance of looking authentic, and of the people that purchase autographs, only 20% are the true hobby; the other 80% are fans, wannabe autograph collectors and impulse buyers.
Sellers of forgeries know that the 80% will bid and purchase their forgeries.
Those 80% who purchase forgeries, have no idea what they are looking at.
As a matter of fact, those same people who buy forgeries probably purchase authentic autographs by chance and they still have no idea what they are looking at.
Selling forgeries on Ebay is easy, because, as we all know, Ebay does not care, and that's why fraud is so rampant on Ebay.
Throw in a few lies, print an impressive COA and it's an easy sell for the sellers of forgeries.
In this case, the "impressive" COA is from Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators (Steve Rocchi).
The people who buy forgeries with COAs from Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators are impressed and swayed by the "Forensic" aspect of the GFA COA.
Those 80% who purchase autographs/forgeries, have no idea what they are looking at.
Selling forgeries on Ebay is easy, because as we all know, Ebay does not care, and that's why fraud is so rampant on Ebay.
First we're going to look at numerous Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio forgeries listed and sold by Ebay seller Coinfinder58.
Ebay seller Coinfinder58 writes "As of September of 2011, the sports memorabilia authentication companies have used collectors and dealers as their authenticators. These authenticators highly respected in the industry have for their collecting and selling expertise have had little or no formal training in forensics and document examination. Stephen’s background in law enforcement along with his years of experience in authentication, working with well trained forensic and document examiners, combined with today’s latest technology can produce consistent scientific proof that signatures are authentic or counterfeit."
Now that's laughable and a bad freakin' joke!!!
Just like the "autographs" below; all are laughable.
Let's look at some examples of Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio forgeries on various images listed/sold by Ebay seller Coinfinder58 and other Ebay sellers with COAs from Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators (GFA).
Let's make one thing clear: These are obvious and no-brainer forgeries.
Look at all of this crap!!!
It's now 2021 and I still have not observed one authentic Mantle, Williams, DiMaggio, Koufax, etc, with a worthless COA from GFA.
The majority of this crap (the photos) are not even hand-signed. They are basically copies produced on inkjet paper.
This "lipstick on a pig" set of forgeries is basically a copy of forgeries produced (copied) on inkjet paper.
These are basically copies of forgeries produced on inkjet paper.
In other words, worthless pieces of paper.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/122282180381?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Autograph-8x10-Photo-NY-Yank...
Listed by Ebay seller Jilliamereck0.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Joe-DiMaggio-Signed-8x10-Phot...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-HOF-AUTOGRAPH-SIGNED-8X10-PHO...
Listed by EBay seller Kona20122012.
Another set of mass-produced forgeries of Mantle and & DiMaggio.
Not even hand-penned; produced by a machine.
This "Showcase" crap has also been sold by AtAuction.com, Ubid.com and Military Exchange Auctions (selling forgeries to our brave military people).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Joe-DiMaggio-Autographed-Pins...
Typical "lipstick on a pig" that we see on Ebay, AtAuction, Ubid and Military Exchange Auctions.
Machine-penned forgeries dressed up in cheap matting and framing.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-AUTOGRAPH-GFA-HOLO-COA-CARD-S...
Listed by Ebay seller Carddood.
How many hundreds of times have we seen the below image with laughable forgeries of Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams with a worthless COA from Stephen Rocchi and his Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators group.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Ted-Williams-SIGNED-11-x-14-P...
This forged Mickey Mantle baseball is listed by Ebay seller Fireprobatman.
The moron who forged this Mantle penned on a "1994 World Series" baseball.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-AUTOGRAPHED-OML-BASEBALL-YANK...
Here's a forged Mickey Mantle cap with a worthless COA from GFA.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-AUTOGRAPHED-BASEBALL-HAT-WITH...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Joe-Dimaggio-Mickey-Mantle-Signed-8x10-Phot...
Typical set of Mantle/DiMaggio forgeries with a worthless COA from GFA.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/122223792559?ul_noapp=true
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-7-Ted-Williams-9-Signed-Autog...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Signed-8x10-Autograph-GFA-/15...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ted-Williams-Micky-Mantle-co-Hand-signed-8x...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/mickey-mantle-ted-Williams-o-signed-8x10-GF...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Willie-Mays-Duke-Snider-Autog...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-York-Yankees-Legends-Mickey-Mantle-Joe-...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NY-Yankees-HOF-CF-Mickey-Mantle-Signed-8-x-...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Willie-Mays-Autographed-8x10-...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Auto-8x10-Photo-COA-/16225146...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-8x10-Black-and-White-Auto-Pho...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-SANDY-KOUFAX-DOUBLE-SIGNED-AU...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/mickey-mantle-autographed-photo-/262668360403?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291905104178?euid=1e690db42edb4456bf460d360...
This one is listed by Ebay seller Damiamoble-0.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/autographed-mickey-mantle-photo-with-certif...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950-Mickey-Mantle-Autographed-by-Mickey-Ra...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Joe-DiMaggio-and-Mickey-Mantle-Yankee-Legen...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Whitey-Ford-4x5autographed-ph...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262631896377?euid=0303c7dd991e4ba2984254099...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/201667182793?euid=3e448c043a684722adc245178...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ted-Williams-and-Mickey-Mantle-signed-photo...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Yankees-8x10-Photo-Autograph-...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BUY-THE-MICKEY-MANTLE-GET-A-FREE-WILLIE-MAY...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTOGRAPHED-MANTLE-DIMAGGIO-WILLIAMS-5-7-9-...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-AUTOGRAPH-PHOTO-BLACK-WHITE-H...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-COLOR-PHOTO-AUTOGRAPH-HOF-COA...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-AUTOGRAPH-8x10-Photo-COA-FREE...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Joe-DiMaggio-and-Mickey-Mantle-Autographed-...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-and-Willie-Mays-autographed-M...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTOGRAPHED-Mickey-Mantle-Ted-Williams-8-X-...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Signed-8x10-Photo-Autographed...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-8x10-Autographed-Photo-GFA-Au...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Joe-DiMaggio-and-Mickey-Mantle-autographed-...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOF-Mickey-Mantle-autographed-photo-with-GF...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Signed-8x10-Photo-w-GFA-Certi...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FRAMED-GFA-CERTIFIED-TED-WILLIAMS-MICKEY-MA...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WILLIE-MAYS-MICKEY-MANTLE-JOE-DiMAGGIO-DUKE...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Ted-Williams-Dual-Signed-8x10...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Joe-DiMaggio-Signed-8x10-Phot...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Autograph-8x10-Photo-GFA-Cert...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mantle-Dimaggio-Martin-Ford-Autograph-8x10-...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-WHITEY-FORD-SIGNED-8X10-PHOTO...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GFA-Certified-500-Home-Run-Club-Hitters-Aut...
Mickey Mantle forgery sold by Ebay seller Lorbarr0 for a whopping $45.00 with worthless COA from GFA (Stephen Rocchi).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/mickey-mantle-Autograph-Photo-With-COA-/322...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GFA-Certified-Mickey-Mantle-Joe-Dimaggio-Te...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Willie-Mays-Autograph-8x10-Ha...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Joe-Dimaggio-Autograph-8x10-Photo-GFA-Certi...
Ebay seller Jem-properties is selling Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron forgeries with a worthless COA from Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-HANK-ARRON-AUTOGRAPHED-FRAMED...
The Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Duke Snider forgeries below are listed by Ebay seller Mccauleyjr2006.
I've posted a few threads on Ebay seller Mccauleyjr2006 who has sold dozens of GFA certed forgeries.
http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/3524372:Topic:613578...
http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/mickey-mantle-joe-di...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Willie-Mays-D-Snider-Autograp...
The below Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio forgeries with a COA from GFA are listed/sold by Ebay seller Pan4life14.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Joe-Dimaggio-signed-authentic...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Whitey-Ford-signed-authentic-...
The below Mickey Mantle/Ted Williams forgeries are listed by Ebay seller Rmghobbies.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-TED-WILLIAMS-AUTOGRAPHED-FRAM...
Here's another image that contains Mickey Mantle/Ted Williams forgeries.
These are listed by Ebay seller Garri_bren.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Autographed-picture-of-Tedd-Williams-and-Mi...
Here's another example of a Mickey Mantle forgery certed by Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators (Steve Rocchi).
The below Mickey Mantle forgery is listed by Ebay seller Salci_jewelry_watches.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Autographed-Signed-Mickey-Mantle-Photo-Plaq...
These Mickey Mantle forgeries are listed by Ebay seller Ginah1103.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Autographed-Framed-Picture-CO...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Autographed-Framed-Picture-CO...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Autographed-Framed-Picture-CO...
The below Mickey Mantle & Ted Williams forgeries are listed by Ebay seller Sportsstuff87.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Ted-Williams-Dual-Signed-8x10...
These Mickey Mantle forgeries are listed by Ebay seller Rbisportsinc.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Signed-8x10-Photo-Autographed...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Signed-8x10-Photo-Autographed...
The below Mickey Mantle forgery is listed by EBay seller JoeJohn2300.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-NEW-YORK-YANKEES-CUSTOM-FRAME...
The below Mickey Mantle forgery is listed by Ebay seller Joeylpa.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-AUTOGRAPH-PHOTO-COA-/28163398...
Here's another image that contains Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays forgeries with a COA from GFA (Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators).
The below Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays forgeries are listed by Ebay seller Westerntraders2020.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Willie-Mays-Autograph-8x10-Ha...
The below image which contains a Mickey Mantle forgery "certed" by Steve Rocchi and GFA, is listed by EBay seller Init43.
The below image with that Mantle forgery has been "authenticated" by all of the phoney authenticators like Ted Taylor, Drew Max, GAI, etc.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICKEY-MANTLE-No-7-SIGNED-AUTOGRAPHED-GFA-D...
Check out this set of Mickey Mantle and Jo DiMaggio forgeries listed by Ebay seller Stevew6.
These are simply putrid and obvious forgeries, and of course, these forgeries come with a COA from Steve Rocchi (GFA).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-MantleJoe-Dimaggio-Autographed-8x10-...
The below Mickey Mantle forgery is listed by Ebay seller Bgbhbgbh.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-York-Yankee-Great-Mickey-Mantle-Framed-...
Here's another image of Mickey Mantle with a GFA-certed Mickey Mantle forgery.
This Mickey Mantle forgery is listed by Ebay seller Lenbone8464.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/mickey-mantle-autograph-photo-display-glass...
Here's another example of a Mickey Mantle forgery "authenticated" by Steve Rocchi of Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators.
The below Mickey Mantle forgery is listed by Ebay seller Roccsoliddealsnsteals.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Signed-8x10-Autograph-Auto-Au...
This set of Mickey Mantle, Duke Snider and Willie Mays forgeries is listed by Ebay seller Jtuya with a worthless COA from Guaranteed Forensic Authentics (also known Guaranteed Fake Autographs).
This, again, is the same crap (forgeries) John House, CEO of AtAuction has been selling for years.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Certified-Mickey-Mantle-Willie-Mays-Duke-Sn...
The below Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams forgeries on that particular image is listed by Ebay seller Bluto.
The below Mantle and Williams forgeries on that image have been "authenticated (cough, cough)" by GFA (Guaranteed Fake Autographs/Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators), GAI (Mike Baker), Ted Taylor (TTA/Stat Authentic), Drew Max (Authentic Autographs Unlimited), etc.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DUO-MICKEY-MANTLE-AND-TED-WILLIAMS-Autograp...
The above "Mickey Mantle," "Joe DiMaggio," etc. signatures are all obvious and no-brainer forgeries.
I will be adding more images that contain GFA (Steve Rocchi) certed forgeries of Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio.
The above forgeries have been selling for the last five years on the websites AtAuction.com (John House, CEO), Ubid.com and the Military Exchange Auction.
That's another story for another day (very soon).
The below Mickey Mantle/Ted Williams forgeries sold by the Military Exchange Auction website.
http://military.exchangeauctions.com/iSynApp/SportsMemorabilia-auct...
Tags: Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators Signed Forged Mickey Mantle Photo
There is no gray area here.
These are obvious forgeries.
Rocchi is either incompetent or complicit.
No gray area.
But what's behind the "Lipstick On The Pig (the cheap framing)" is the interesting part.
When I first called Steve Rocchi years ago about authenticating these, he told me that they were all authenticated by his forensic document examiner, John Goraczyk. They have a second one listed on their site now, Roger Fenton:
Steve I will get a small tidbit pkg. out to you this week and maybe you see that I am telling the truth. You will be able to understand why I gave those JSA and PSA item #'s, you will also get copies of letters that were sent to John Gonzolez of E Bay. I will also send a copy of these same Mantle Autographs authenticated by Richard Simon. I understand that negative press sells ! But it has to stop one day. Here is a tidbit of information that only 1 person extremely close to Mantle that could verify. I was told at a meeting in 1993 at Mantle's rest. in N.Y. City that I was not to purchase any more autographs from a very close relative of Mickey's as Mickey had caught him signing his autograph and selling them. At the appropriate time I will tell you who told both my Attorney and I this info.. Plus the family member who was signing Mickey's name, for profit.
So, Tony, answer one question.
The GFA-certed "autographs" that I posted--do you believe they are authentic?
Steve, Mr. Podsada can send you anything he wants.
All of the GFA-certed "autographs" that I have posted here and in hundreds of other threads here on AML are forgeries.
We know they didn't come from Scoreboard.
I'd like to know exactly how those "autographs" are "produced."
Ok, Now I get it. someone in Mickey's family signed all these "fakes" we know to be real.
The ones endorsed by PSA & JSa and every other legitimate dealer known to man are all signed by a family member. Ah now I get it......And you had "all the 30,000 real ones" that Chris Morales, STAT Authentic, Drew Max AAU, GAI, & now GFA along with countless other scam artists put their names on. They have rarely if ever authenticated a real autograph of any kind, but you had all the real Mantle's while all the others we know to be real are fake.
This weekend has been quite enlightening and very very humorous as well. Thanks again Tony, you're story is very compelling.
Geez, Fudd, it took you this long to figure that out......
I find it disgusting myself.
Oh yeah, we can't forget all of that GAI-certed garbage can we.....
http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/the-gai-mantle-dimag...
Just what we need in the hobby, another Forensic Document Examiner (John Goraczyk).
If Mr. Goraczyk is "forensically examining" those forgeries as authentic, then maybe I should insert his name in the title of this thread.
I'd put both in the tags for sure.
This thread is about Steve Rocchi and his GFA-certed forgeries.
Anything else, has zero to do with this thread.
There will be no more deflecting and spinning of this thread.
Check out these GFA-certed forgeries of Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Duke Snider.
Geez, how many dozens of times have we exposed these exact forgeries.
These Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Duke Snider are listed by Ebay seller Uniquesportstime.
Bidding is up to $177.00 on this crap.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161643929288?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&a...
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