Nice job Mark... title it, "Holy Crap" and submit it to Mr. Morales and let him know that one of your ancestors acquired the sigs himself, in person, and that they have been locked in an old cedar chest up in the attic for the last 2000 years!
@ Mr. Williams: Nice article and research... I enjoyed reading it, thanks!
@ Big Dave: I didn't realize that they couldn't be held legally responsible for their actions/opinions. If authenticators have this to fall back on to cover their a$$es, then why aren't there more self proclaimed authenticators out there? Given today's economy and the increased amount of scammers, it's surprising that more people don't jump on the bandwagon... at least temporarily until they are exposed.
Additionally, I don't think it would be too hard to see where the fakes are being originated.... maybe a little heat from the Feds towards CC would turn up some names. Makes me wonder why this hasn't been done already. Is it because the Feds see this as a waste of time or for some other agenda that I'm missing?