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Re: Another Bo Jackson Jersey come on!!!!
In my opinion, perhaps Howard should lay off Lampson and quit beating that drum as soon as Lampson quits writing worthless LOA's. Since the latter has not happened yet, and does not appear to be happening anytime soon, somebody needs to continue to fight this battle.
While we all can agree that any authenticator can and will make mistakes, I personally have never seen the constant questioning of items on auctions that have the name Lampson attached on the LOA in comparison to other well known authenticators. Virtually every week on this forum some item authenticated by Lampson is called into question. As Joel pointed out in an earlier post, Lampson has probably written over 10,000 LOA's in the past four or five years. Here is a suggestion, perhaps scale it back and do a better job with what you are authenticating. In this industry quality matters not quantity. If the man is too overwhelmed to do the job right, then he should not do it at all. I suppose at some point the big paychecks he is cashing are too good to pass up instead of doing the job the right way.
Eric pointed out the ridiculous error on the Chargers helmet. There is simply no excuse for this level of shoddy work when we are talking about items that cost multiple thousands of dollars to buy and sell. As Eric said, it is no longer acceptable for auction houses to say we talked to Lou and he said it is okay. What kind of evidence or answer is that?
So I would agree, Howard should stop banging on Lou, when Lou stops assembly line rubber stamping LOA's with his seal of approval on items that are seriously questionable at best.
Brett Herman
In my opinion, perhaps Howard should lay off Lampson and quit beating that drum as soon as Lampson quits writing worthless LOA's. Since the latter has not happened yet, and does not appear to be happening anytime soon, somebody needs to continue to fight this battle.
While we all can agree that any authenticator can and will make mistakes, I personally have never seen the constant questioning of items on auctions that have the name Lampson attached on the LOA in comparison to other well known authenticators. Virtually every week on this forum some item authenticated by Lampson is called into question. As Joel pointed out in an earlier post, Lampson has probably written over 10,000 LOA's in the past four or five years. Here is a suggestion, perhaps scale it back and do a better job with what you are authenticating. In this industry quality matters not quantity. If the man is too overwhelmed to do the job right, then he should not do it at all. I suppose at some point the big paychecks he is cashing are too good to pass up instead of doing the job the right way.
Eric pointed out the ridiculous error on the Chargers helmet. There is simply no excuse for this level of shoddy work when we are talking about items that cost multiple thousands of dollars to buy and sell. As Eric said, it is no longer acceptable for auction houses to say we talked to Lou and he said it is okay. What kind of evidence or answer is that?
So I would agree, Howard should stop banging on Lou, when Lou stops assembly line rubber stamping LOA's with his seal of approval on items that are seriously questionable at best.
Brett Herman
I would buy an item with a Lou Lampson LOA due to the fact that I will know what I am buying without his expertise. 
I would never purchase a Orioles Green St. Patrick Day. jersey (nor could I afford it even if it was bogus). And, I would definitely not accept it as just a “mistakeâ€. 
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