Some third party authentication companies will glance at your autographed memorbillia and instantly tell you it's not genuine, but not before charging you a huge fee to do so.
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Steve Grad is notorious for flunking autograph authentication. He went from selling forgeries to authenticating forgeries, failing genuine autographs and even authenticating the wrong people. One of the biggest TV shows ever was "The Honeymooners." Those who know autographs know the main cast of Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Joyce Randolph and Audrey Meadows. Here a collector either tricked Steve Grad or was also confused. In a frame instead of Jackie Gleason, the comic, superstar from The Honeymooners, superstar from The Jackie Gleason show, and star of Smokey and the Bandit was instead the tough bald guy, James Gleason. No resemblance, no work in any of Jackie Gleason's shows, bald with absolutely no resemblance. In fact he died nearly 30 years before Jackie Gleason. This is so stupid, only Grad could do this. Wrong person Steve! Yet his letter of authenticity reads in part; "Multiple Factors" meaning he used more than one factor to determine that James Gleason is instead Jackie Gleason. Even a first grader can tell the difference but for an insane fee Steve Grad can make this autograph whatever he wants it to be. How stupid is this? It's so common nobody should use the opinion of Steve Grad as any sort of good opinion when he's this BAD!
Good job Steve Grad! Way to get one closer then the last one you misidentified. Maybe next time we can have a Brady Bunch cast photo authenticated as Danny DeVito instead of Robert Reed. Nobody will notice!
