For all the complaints against Mr. Morales, there really isn't anything that can be done legally. After all is said and done, he is only offering his opinion on items, right or wrong, which is the same as all authenticators do. When nobody does business with him anymore, then that is when he will close up shop.
Take Donald Frangipani in comparison. His COAs were on so many of the items sold and confiscated in regard to Operation Bullpen, yet he is still in business and did not get into any trouble in regard to Operation Bullpen. The reason being, he was only stating his opinion, which we all have, and which is still, not against the law.
Pretty much is the same in regard to Coach's Corner. They are auctioning items that people send in, and these items are being sold based on opinions as to the authenticity, the same as all auction houses do.
CC has been in the auction business since 1996 - 15 years - and will probably be around a lot longer.
Being as Mr. Morales or Coach's Corner don't actually create these questionable items, there really isn't anything legally that can be done. Now if it were to be a fact that they did create these items, then that would be a different story.
Everything is based on opinions and money. The bidders know who the authenticators are on pretty much everything, and there is a wealth of information on the Internet for them to make a judgment in regard to purchasing from CC.
It is what you believe, or want to believe, that makes an item real.
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