Monopolize??? Huh? MLB hires a service company to perform a function. If you want to hire a Yankees.stub authenticator to follow you around and stick your sticker on things, nobody is stopping you.

I think you are overly accusatory and being a little irrational on this. Nothing in what they are doing is any sort of monopolistic endeavor.

The authenticator does not work for you and they are not responsible for authenticating anything and everything. As AllStarPlus said, each authenticator chooses what and when to authenticate.

Its not a monopoly for them to refuse to slap their sticker on some ball some dude shows them.

Quote Originally Posted by yankees.stub View Post
... So pretty much, MLB Authenticate serves only one purpose then ... to make the item more valueable in the auction process?
Monopolize much?
(Beside some of the stuff authenticated and then given to the Hall Of Fame Museum - I am all for that idea).