givens patriots jersey in historic yet another FAKE

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Re: givens patriots jersey in historic yet another FAKE

I have. Some of them seem to be fighting to offer clean stuff. Others when presented with factual evidence seem to take the "I don't know what you're talking about" routine and do nothing.

If I were running an auction house, I would pride myself in providing the best available products (even if that meant fewer auctions per year), excellent customer service- (which includes answering questions about the items) and would answer questions on the auction house website AND only use authenticators which have contact information and stand behind their opinions, which in total guess what, would end up fetching higher auction prices.

Instead you see auction houses protecting authenticators who aren't available to offer info on their opinions and not answering questions about products which may in fact not be legit.

I think if you look at the situation logically, it's not so hard to figure out whom to trust. A cynic would say there aren't too many out there to trust, but proper homework lets you choose wisely.

Eric

What do auction houses have to lose? They are protected by the "authenticators" who only offer their "opinion" on the items they authenticate. If the auction houses are pointed out as auctioning questionable items, it certainly doesn’t appear to be affecting them, since most of them are still in business and more auction houses are opening up. Moreover, can the "authenticators" be held criminally or civilly liable for offering their opinion? Lampson has been bashed for quite some time and as far as I know, other than his reputation being trashed, what has happened to him? The bottom line is this is a hobby/business where you’ll have unscrupulous individuals who will try to manipulate items into being game worn/used when their not, for the simple fact of making a buck…it’s sad, but true….

[Eric]

Re: givens patriots jersey in historic yet another FAKE

The Givens is up to $732.05