Steve-
Although I agree with you, generally, it is your opinion that PSA/DNA and JSA are the "authorities" in the field. Beckett is a third-party authenticator, and they have asserted the autograph is genuine.
Understand also that the autograph authentication field is quite incestuous. If I told you that this Ruth autograph was personally reviewed by Steve Grad, does that change your opinion? What if it was Steve when he worked for PSA/DNA? What if it was Steve when he worked for Beckett?
I'm happy that REA is making disclosures on this particular piece. You ought to be assured that there are many (hundreds?) of key autographs out there that were rejected by JSA, but passed PSA/DNA and vice-versa.
Marc
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