Re: How does Lampson do it?
steve jensen - "We've had many submissions that have come with auction house letters signed by Lou that he failed while authenticating for us"
if i'm reading that correctly, steve said that lou has failed items that he previously positively authenticated. a man who disagrees with himself. i love it.
rudy.
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Eric,
My understanding with the old ASI (Authentic Sports Investments) was that the players would sit down and sign a stack of generic LOAs (e.g., the words "game used" or "autographed" could be circled after the fact, and there was a space for the item description to be written in by hand - this is how the Rickey Henderson LOAs were, at least). I'm not sure what was printed on them prior to the signatures being added, but the process was described to me as one that took the players only a few minutes to complete. I have no idea how the new ASI (Authentic Sports Incorporated) and ESM (the other spin-off company of the old ASI) do things as I've had no dealings with either one.
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Just dawned on me...maybe Lou signs a blank piece of paper and historic puts their letter head and whatever else they want on the LOA. I know ASI did it with their player LOAs. The players would sign a line on a piece of paper and they would write in: I Player used this piece of equipment for this game..bla bla bla. Maybe Lou is just getting paid to sign his signature and doesn't do any research and doesn't even know what's going on these LOAs
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What is Lou is dead or a made up person all together? Or maybe the authentication houses all forge the L scrible.... Lampson scrible on their own loa's! Not a very hard signature to forge. Until Lampson shows his face, displays his drivers license and birth certificate...I as a collector will never purchase an item with a Lou Lampson LOA period! Who is watching him sign these LOA's in the first place? I want to see a photo, just one of him signing the actual LOAs. Anyone...Anyone???Leave a comment:
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How about this scenario, on the rare chance that legal action is filed against an auction house for a suspect item, could the auction house use this as a defense, “WE RELIED ON THE OPINION OF A RECOGNIZED AUTHETICATORâ€.
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I'm sorry Suave you already said that , oh well , I concur with you ...Leave a comment:
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That is quite clever with the LOA's. He is not stating they are game used . Just what they look like and grading them . I think some people would call that a legal loophole.......Leave a comment:
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Rudy I think you missed one EXTREMELY HUGE fact missing from the LOA
and i wouldnt be surprised if it was missed on purpose so good ole lou can not be commited to any legal action.
In either of the letters that you presented does Lou mention anything as Game Used or Game Worn or Game Issued.
Yes he said in one letter it has a Gamer Code but that doesnt hold him liable about pointing out the obvious in a court of law. Also he mentioned in one letter shows some wear for all I know that could have meant my Grandmother wore it.
I bet a 100% that he left out the (GAME USED OR WORN) words to save himself from any legal back lash
Remember if in either of those Jerseys you were able to figure out they were Retail Jerseys - All Lou has to say is "I never stated in the letter it was Game Used/Worn"Leave a comment:
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Has anyone ever tested Lou by sending him Jerseys to authenticate that were known to not be game used?
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maybe this is how he does it. apparently, this new low is now what passes as a lampson letter of authenticity:
keeping in mind, these are for the jerseys of 1 first-ballot HOF'er and 2 likely HOF'ers. the analysis on the piazza is incredible. i love seeing all those details and how he came to his final grade. the amount of work lou did on the schilling is also mind blowing. i also love how there are no unique numbers, holograms, or even photos of the items on the loas so you could pair them with any jersey. if lou is anything, he's a workhorse!
money well spent. how could anyone not sleep soundly knowing that the pricey jersey they just bought is backed by nothing more than lou noting that there's a team patch, an 0062 code, and it says "san diego" on the front. you don't stay in business for over 30 yrs by slacking off! or apparently you do.
i don't know what's more revolting; that lou actually has the nerve to charge for a few lines of meaningless garbage or that someone actually paid him for it.
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Has an astonishing 8,000 plus uniform related photos in his reference library
If you take a jersey LOA, scan it, and save as a JPEG, couldn't you technically say it's a "uniform related photo"?
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Rudy its a very simple yet accurate process he uses its called eeny meeny miny moe
Yet some time even this scientific process stumps the wise Lampson and reverts back to old faithful (picking pedals from a flower) Its a real Jersey, its a not a real Jersey, its a real Jersey, its not a real Jersey. Its a real Jersey..........
Ok LOA for Green Ripken according to my process is real lol lol
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Rudy-
It's my understanding that Lampson spends 2 total days at the account, and during this time, completes all authenticating of items.
Howard Wolf
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