Authentication Lie Pictures

[bscott]

the signatures look like forgeries to me. impressive forgeries, but forgeries nonetheless.

you could send this ball to psa/dna or gai and you would most likely find the same resulting opinion: the ball is probably a fake. and that sucks.

if this "local sports store" of yours is operated by decent people, they should refund your money. however, I believe your previous post stated that the people who sold you the ball have refused to give you a refund.

my advice: ask for a refund again. if they refuse, you can make a formal complaint to the better business bureau. or, take your story to a local newspaper (it's a good human interest piece) and stick it to your local sports card store with some good old fashioned "bad press."

the mere mention of your willingness to go a newspaper could make the seller reconsider: no business wants bad publicity. period. and no business wants bad publicity as the holiday shopping season approaches.


good luck! and let us know how it turns out!

-bscott.

[Swoboda4]

The "d" in Ted(Williams) is bad. It's a good attempt but fake. The problem and challenge,for a decent forger is to create many signatures on one item. If you thought you did your best work with the Williams,you must continue on the tightrope with the other signatures. I started out with signature collecting before game used and it's my opinion it's fake. I also contribute to the autograph forum also you can try over there for an opinion.

[both-teams-played-hard]

Those signatures look like they may have been done by the Marino guy that was caught forging so much.

My thoughts, also.

[ahuff]

Ones that I have received personally that appear to be fake: Ernie Banks, Eddie Mathews, and Harmon Killebrew.

I purchased some from Scoreboard that don't match, as well. They are: Willie Mays, Hank Aaron (I have 2 one Scoreboard and one that was on a team signed ball -authenticated).

[BULBUS]

20+ years collecting autographs, I believe all the signatures are off.

[skipcareyisfat]

None of them look right to me either. Didn't the Marino family mark their 500 club balls with some type of infrared marker near the ROA/RON stamp? I did a quick search but didn't come up with anything. Seems like those marks usually ended up turning yellow.

I did come across this page on Richard Simon's site. Lots of interesting stuff and opinions here about PSA and those goofy "autograph" insert cards.

http://richardsimonsports.com/hofauto2.htm

[worldchamps]

I can confidently say those are all fake on the 500 ball

the Pujols cards are good though

[WMMRMATT]

I appreciate your help. I will keep you posted. Thanks.

-Matt