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Originally Posted by shelly
I have read this thread over and over again and I have one big question. If David had not received the advice of Jodi and had placed this ball in an auction with a top auction house, would the letter he had from 1999 been good enough to allow the ball to be sold.
Or would the auction house re-examine the ball now? I think they would re-examine it. At the time this ball was examined authenticators had no idea what skills certain forgers had. This ball was done by one of the best. I think that some of the better authenticators now know the work of this forger (Johnny F..g ) extremely well and probably would never pass it. That is why it baffles me why you are thanking someone for not putting up a ball that we all know today would never pass a top auction house.
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This may well be true. Nevertheless, David deserves credit, in my view, for exposing the story of his ball for the benefit of all.
By the way, both Shelly and David have been helpful to me in the past and, in my view, are assets to the hobby. No need for conflict.
Mark