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.
Make Sure You Do Not Fall Victim to Third Party Authentication Companies.
Tom Brady Is His Hero
The 12-Year-Old Cancer Victim Fan Gets to Meet Him
Make-A-Wish is a nonprofit organization that grants life-changing wishes to children with critical illnesses.
Young Axton Robertson admired Tom Brady during the quarterback’s time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now, after years of admiration, the 12-year-old from Tennessee finally got the chance to meet his hero in person.
During the Fanatics Fest in New York City, Axton’s long-awaited wish came true — thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
The day finally arrived and the nervous Axton, dressed in the red shirt got to spend some precious time meeting Tom Brady, played catch with him and got several autographs.
One of the favorite items autographed by Tom Brady was presented to JSA Authentication to be examined.
JSA failed Tom Brady's autograph, in addition calling it a terrible forgery. Axton cried upon hearing this, but has since learned as well as numerous others that the authentication service is completely unreliable. Axton said “Tom signed it right in front of me.”
Most in the autograph hobby cannot even comprehend the amount of mis-authenticated autographs are in the hobby. The high profile so-called authenticators were paid dearly for the authentications. Worse how many autographs were authenticated claiming to be a different celebrity.
Solution, educate autograph collectors about paying for a COA from a company whose staff offers only an “opinion ” or even a guess. Most staff with these type companies have no business authenticating autographs. Most of the top persons authenticating have horrific backgrounds.’
Why do many auction houses use these horrific authenticating companies? As one of the major auction houses explained to me…..
I don’t care if the item is good or bad. If the ABC Authenticating company says it’s good, I’ll sell it!”
Another solution is before making a purchase, make sure the autograph company is a member of “PADAH.” The “PADAH” website can be found on the homepage of this website. See listed are the 70+ professional autograph dealers, worldwide, that have passed the admission standards. If your choice of a dealer is not listed, better ask them why!
Can one wonder why all the mistakes made by JSA? Look at their team...
James Spence Jr.
James Spence III
Ryan Spence
Robert Wharton
Kris Jones
Rick Chen
Have readers ever heard of any of them? Maybe just Spense Jr. You may be shocked to know his background/experience.
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