I'm sure there have been posts on this before but I wanted to ask everyone if they know how the authentication works.
Who is hired to do this job? How are they trained and what makes them an expert? How good of a service are we getting for our money? How many "experts" can there possibly be with the amount of items that are sent in?
These are all questions that I ask myself when I see an item authenticated by a company like JSA, PSA and etc.
I haven't had a ton of things authenticated but I had 2 autographs that I had signed in person at Kauffman Stadium, a Trout 2012 AS jersey and a Miguel Cabrera 2012 AS bat, that weren't able to be authenticated by the companies they were sent to. JSA denied the jersey and PSA denied the bat. I got them IN PERSON. I was surprised they were denied, to say the least.
This summer, I plan to do an experiment by filming a player sign a ball and then have a box ready to go right there. I'm going to seal it up and mail it. I'll then film the opening of the return package. I want to document this process. I'll post a link to the video.
Who is hired to do this job? How are they trained and what makes them an expert? How good of a service are we getting for our money? How many "experts" can there possibly be with the amount of items that are sent in?
These are all questions that I ask myself when I see an item authenticated by a company like JSA, PSA and etc.
I haven't had a ton of things authenticated but I had 2 autographs that I had signed in person at Kauffman Stadium, a Trout 2012 AS jersey and a Miguel Cabrera 2012 AS bat, that weren't able to be authenticated by the companies they were sent to. JSA denied the jersey and PSA denied the bat. I got them IN PERSON. I was surprised they were denied, to say the least.
This summer, I plan to do an experiment by filming a player sign a ball and then have a box ready to go right there. I'm going to seal it up and mail it. I'll then film the opening of the return package. I want to document this process. I'll post a link to the video.
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