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Muhammad Ali GFA/Rocchi Certed Forgeries On Ebay Part 2
Just recently, I posted Part 1 (link immediately below) of GFA (Stephen Rocchi) certed forgeries of Muhammad Ali being sold and listed on Ebay.
http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/muhammad-ali-gfa-roc...
Let's examine some of the Muhammad Ali forgeries listed and sold by Ebay seller Rbisportsinc and other Ebay sellers of GFA-certed forgeries.
Note, as usual, these are all "authenticated" by Stephen Rocchi and his Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators (GFA) group who has certed thousands upon thousands of Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, etc. forgeries.
Ali's body is still warm and the Ebay sellers of Ali forgeries (certed by Stephen Rocchi) can't wait to profit from the sales of their Ali forgeries!!!
Sold by Ebay seller Gofsu2010 (a regular Ebay seller of GFA-certed forgeries).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Muhammad-Ali-Signed-8x10-Ali-Over-Liston-GF...
Another of the same sold by Ebay seller Gofu2010.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Muhammad-Ali-Signed-8x10-Ali-Over-Liston-GF...
Sold by Ebay seller Jmauctionsinc.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Muhammad-Ali-Autograph-8x10-Signed-Photo-Ov...
Sold by Ebay seller Rbisportsinc (another regular seller of GFA-certed forgeries).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Muhammad-Ali-Signed-8x10-Photo-Autographed-...
If you click on the below image with your mouse you will see that Ebay seller Rbisportsinc sold eight (8) of these.
After Ebay seller Rbisportsinc sold those eight (8) Ali forgeries, he then "Relisted" it and now has six (6) more available with one already sold.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Muhammad-Ali-Signed-8x10-Photo-Autographed-...
It's unfortunate that because of Ali's passing that people who adored him and wanting his autographs are now victims.
The people selling these GFA-certed forgeries are now taking advantage of these people. These are vultures with no conscience.
And by Ebay taking no action on these forgeries, they, too, are taking advantage of these people who have emotional ties to Muhammad Ali.
Sold by Ebay seller Nachovidal69 for $510.00.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Muhammad-Ali-Signed-8x10-Photo-Autographed-...
Sold by Ebay seller Silly_shelly (a regular seller of GFA-certed forgeries).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GFA-MUHAMMAD-ALI-AUTOGRAPHED-8X10-COA-/3221...
Emotional people are paying top dollar for these Ali forgeries whish probabl cost less than $5.00 to produce.
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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on
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the fear I have is that some day many years from now, if someone doesn't blow the lid off this GFA scam, people won't know what is real and what is fake anymore.
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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on
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I agree, Terrier.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Kaminski on
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I already think it's too late - this stuff will not stop circulating and most of the time ends up with a person who has no idea what they really have. Unfortunately this means that person no longer has a desire to get another piece that is without a doubt authentic, thus lessening demand and dropping prices. You can already start to see the gap between forged and authentic material closing - just compare something like a Ted Williams GFA photo to an authentic unauthenticated one.
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You're spot-on, Mike.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on
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You got it, Mike. The insane flood of fakes has damaged the market. No matter his solid your collection is, all these fakes have devalued authentic autographs and driven away collectors who have lost faith.
There is a very hot corner in hell for the criminals behind this. Hopefully there will also be a jail cell before they leave this earth.
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Permalink Reply by Ron Kiernan on
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Hi Chris,
Following you posting yesterday, I have been looking at EBay UK on this matter , to see if the same thing is happening here on first investigation. I believe the source of these forgies are linked ?
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Hi Ron, we have a good idea where they come from and have known for a long time.
The source, and the people who have direct links to the source, are people without conscience.
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Chris
See the attached image , some guys are making big bucks ? - Attachments: No photo uploads here
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what really needs to happen is that they have to screw the wrong person. I am looking forward to that event.
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Permalink Reply by Steve on
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There has to be a way to get GFA busted. When I did the new story here in Phoenix, they were supposed to follow up with a larger investigation. I wish there was a reporter who had the guts to take these guys on, or for that matter, EBay. They could really make a name for themselves. I wonder if the IRS would be interested since these guys are most likely not paying any taxes on their profit which is 100%.
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