There are two items out there at auctions houses (Grey Flannel and Historic) that simply reek. One is represented as a Troy Polamalu 2006 white Steelers jersey, the other is a 1996 Willie McGinest white Patriots jersey. The problem with both is that the names are misspelled ("POLOMALU" and "McGINIST"). Both of them are "authenticated" by Lou Lampson.
At what point do we as collectors stop laughing and rolling our eyes and start looking at any way that legal options can be pursued against Lampson/100% Authentic/auction houses that carry this stuff? I figure that, bare minimum, various forms of fraud are being committed by either negligently authenticating something without due diligence in research OR willfully by looking at a bad item and writing a letter for it for the sake of collecting fees.
Is there a lawyer in the house who can comment on this at all? Forget the civil action of simply attempting to get a refund (most of which would be eaten up by legal fees anyway), is there criminal action that can be pursued for passing off who knows how many bogus items?
At what point do we as collectors stop laughing and rolling our eyes and start looking at any way that legal options can be pursued against Lampson/100% Authentic/auction houses that carry this stuff? I figure that, bare minimum, various forms of fraud are being committed by either negligently authenticating something without due diligence in research OR willfully by looking at a bad item and writing a letter for it for the sake of collecting fees.
Is there a lawyer in the house who can comment on this at all? Forget the civil action of simply attempting to get a refund (most of which would be eaten up by legal fees anyway), is there criminal action that can be pursued for passing off who knows how many bogus items?
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