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Posted By: Jon Canfield

As a very avid collector of signed memorabilia, I do want to state that not all Donald Frangipani stuff is bad. I know that part of his reputation was tainted as a result of his letters of authenticity being easily forged and attached to forged items. That being said, I also would tend to stay away from stuff with his name attached to it unless I can get it authenticated elsewhere. However, PSA and JSA are certainly not the gospel. In a study done (and broadcasted on HBO) where some of the leading authenticators were asked to look at a series of authentic and forged items, both Richard Simon and Justin Priddy (sp?) of GAI came out on top. I've had items kicked out by JSA only to be authenticated by PSA or GAI. Also the same is true where GAI has kicked out stuff and JSA has authenticated it. It's an imperfect world to authentication.

Edited to correct spelling...
Edited to correct the errors I made as Shelly pointed out...