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christopher morales

i need to know more about this guy

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Permalink Reply by Rich on August 20, 2015 at 12:49pm

If you put his name in the search engine of the upper right corner of the screen, you'll find plenty of info oabout him on this site.  One of the more notorious names in the hobby.

Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 20, 2015 at 12:51pm

Why do you need to know more, Joseph?

Permalink Reply by Bruce Juice on August 20, 2015 at 1:03pm

Yes, Joseph -- your post was very vague.  Please explain what exactly do you want to know and why? 

Permalink Reply by JOSEPH COSTA on August 20, 2015 at 2:03pm

everyone says this guy authentication is bogus. i want to know why this guy is not in jaIL

Permalink Reply by Rich on August 22, 2015 at 8:50pm

When it comes to this hobby, there are probably thousands of people who should be in jail.  Very easy to get away with murder in the autograph world.

Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 20, 2015 at 2:08pm
It's the 8th Wonder of the World.
Permalink Reply by CJCollector on August 20, 2015 at 3:19pm

+1, Steve!!!

Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on August 22, 2015 at 4:01pm

is GFA any better?

Permalink Reply by CJCollector on August 22, 2015 at 4:59pm

GFA (Stephen Rocchi) is on par with Chris Morales, Drew Max, Ted Taylor, etc.

Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on August 22, 2015 at 5:16pm

exactly, except Fee-Bay accepts GFA certs

Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on August 21, 2015 at 4:41am

This hobby is chock full of dealers, authenticators and professionals that each hate one another. You will have no problem finding online articles about this one suing that one, and this one bashing that one... all day long.

My best advice is for you to look at the person's actual authentication work or autograph stock, then compare and contrast items they offer or pieces they have certified with known good samples.

You can't just blindly believe everything you read about a certain person, without doing some of your own research.

In this particular situation, I have been hard pressed to find anything in the long history of this man's work where I can agree with his findings. 

As for why he isn't in jail......welcome to autograph collecting, imagine how difficult and expensive it would be to prove someone knowingly misrepresented a certificate or outright forged something. Stupidity isn't illegal.

The few times celebrities have been involved in cases and gone to court to claim items that were certified or sold ...were not their signatures, the celebs lost(not being able to prove anything in court).....or if they won, the opposing company goes out of business, to avoid paying fines, only to reopen under a new name.

This is a great hobby, but at the same time, it is also the hobby where more and more dirtbags jump in to scribble on items and make a fortune off unsuspecting newbies. Spend the time to learn everything you can about the signature you want and the dealer or authenticator that you want to use.

Just some advice from your Uncle Pete. 

I'm not an authenticator or a dealer, yet I have still found myself being attacked by people trying to protect their illegal income stream from their poor work & forgeries.....it's all part of trying to be honest in a hobby full of thieves.

Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on August 22, 2015 at 6:47am

And you will never get a better answer than that. Amen.

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