Results 1 to 10 of 20
Hybrid View
-
03-20-2008, 07:55 PM #1
- Join Date
- Mar 2006
- Posts
- 506
Re: I Tried To Take The High Road On The Namath Thing...
I have to laugh at Nerats Blog. The fact is, Heritage did act irresponsibly and Nerat is too. You have a bunch of guys operating a auction business who know very little about the product they are trying to selling guys like me. Instead of just telling the truth, they in fact did not check into the authenticity of the helmet and just relied on the story, they try to spin it to make them look not responsible. The truth works better. You have credibility with the truth. Take responsibility. Don't try to discredit someone who truely knows and points that out with absolute evidence. It is obvious to me that these people do not care about doing business with integrity. I was told once that everything in the world revolves around money and sex. Appears right here, they are making money and the buyer gets, well you know.
Roger
-
03-20-2008, 10:33 PM #2
- Join Date
- Dec 2006
- Posts
- 805
Re: I Tried To Take The High Road On The Namath Thing...
aeneas01...your contribution to the "rightenous" of this world is what this hobby needs...please do not feel discouraged for one second that these scumbags are trying to put a spin on things...
I'll be the first one to back you up in the alley!!!!!!!!!
-
03-29-2009, 09:31 PM #3
- Join Date
- Nov 2006
- Posts
- 25
Re: I Tried To Take The High Road On The Namath Thing...
Robert, Thanks for sharing your honesty and knowledge. I really appreciate it and have learned a ton from your posts. Thanks raifie
-
03-31-2009, 10:43 AM #4
- Join Date
- Oct 2008
- Posts
- 406
Re: I Tried To Take The High Road On The Namath Thing...
Robert,
You have opened my eyes to an entirely new aspect of this hobby (and that's what it is, a hobby). Your ability to differentiate minute details, as well as your catalog of knowledge is quite impressive. The only reason why you have not been employed for your inspections and opinions of game worn helmets by an auction house, is that we wouldn't see ANY of these helmets for sale. You have personally saved me A LOT of money, and have taught me to look for things in helmets that most wouldn't even see. I think I can speak for 99% of this board when I say THANK YOU for all of the time and effort you spend in discrediting 99% of the frauds out there. Your findings are always insightful, well presented, and most importantly respectful. Thanks again for all of your work!!
-
05-06-2009, 11:59 PM #5
- Join Date
- Sep 2008
- Posts
- 301
Re: I Tried To Take The High Road On The Namath Thing...
Might seem like a stupid question but where on earth do all of these flawed items originate?
Was someone intentionally trying to scam collectors or are these just items that many people thought were real and have passed them down over time?
-
05-07-2009, 05:38 AM #6
- Join Date
- May 2007
- Posts
- 1,128
Re: I Tried To Take The High Road On The Namath Thing...
good questions and imo it's a little of both, some were intentionally faked to rip off collectors and some were honestly, albeit incorrectly, passed along as authentic gamers. the problem with the later is that at some point someone authenticated these things - so even if they were innocently/honestly believed to be gamers at one time due to bad or misunderstood information, they should have been caught during the authentication process.
with that said, i have a pretty good idea where a lot of these vintage helmets came from, authentic helmets that were intentionally "doctored" in order to make them appear to have come from well known players. i think the person(s) responsible a) know football helmets better than most b) have been collecting game used items for decades c) have developed relationships with equipment managers, players, dealers and auction houses d) are well known and respected and e) have enjoyed the ability to bring their bunk items to market for years, with little to no scrutiny, prior to the internet age. i also believe that for years more than a few auction houses have facilitated this mess by shrugging their responsibility to their buyers - this is clear given the amount of bunk items that pass mustard and the impossible time frame authenticators are given to inspect enormous lots.
but i would think this could change rather quickly if, for example, the fbi got involved. it seems that law enforcement could simply approach an auction house and ask how they determined some items to be authentic. a few items that would be interesting starting points would be both unitas helmets sold through hunt, the unitas helmet sold through mastro, a blanda helmet, a dawson helmet and a namath helmet sold through ami. that's 6 helmets. ask the auction houses a) where they came from b) what proof they were given that supported their authenticity c) what process their authenticator(s) used to determine their authenticity and d) how involved were the auction houses in the authentication process. i think these simple steps, limited to a handful of items, would tell an interesting tale...
...robert
-
05-08-2009, 02:44 PM #7
- Join Date
- May 2009
- Posts
- 205
Re: I Tried To Take The High Road On The Namath Thing...
Aeneas is like a bloodhound when it comes to questionable auction lots. More to the point, he's a con artist's worst nightmare.
Aeneas, do you specialize in Namath/Jets collectibles or do you consider yourself a "generalist"?