Jordan autograph - fake?
 

Guys, I’m sure here’s a lot of people with lot more knowledge on this topic than myself and I wondered if anyone might be able to assist. was offered to buy this Jordan’s autographed baseball with COA(photos attached), but once I googled the name of a company that sold it back in 90s I’ve found a lot of bad stuff on them(and Jaffe Shelly specifically - main guy there). Would you be able to advise me on whether this item is authentic or might be a fake that I should stay away from? I’m not buying to re-sell - buying for myself and of course very concerned about it. Any feedback is highly appreciated!

I have seen very few signed baseball not issued by UDA. I wouldn't buy any of them without the UDA sticker.

It's fake for a couple reasons,
first, as the previous poster said, MJ had an exclusive with UDA in the 90s. Nobody else would have had the opportunity to get Jordan to do a signing.
Second, the Jordan is all wrong. it's bunched together, and the M has too many loops in Michael. But the first reason is more compelling.

Spend the extra dough and get an UDA piece.

It is definitely possible to find a Jordan ball outside of UDA, but very few come up. They're almost always on a non-official or non-major league baseball too. I would be even more wary of any on an MLB ball without a UDA sticker.

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You can find a lot of Jordan baseballs that are not from uda. He signed 8 of them for me at the Bellagio Hotel. He would give them to the casino host instead of cash. He had his camp and at golf tournaments.

MJ had an exclusive with UDA in the 90s. Nobody else would have had the opportunity to get Jordan to do a signing.

I will respectfully disagree. I had access to Jordan for years through my uncle who did some bodyguard work for him. I have a couple signed baseballs (among the 20+ items he graciously signed over the years)...

I did not mean he wouldn't sign at all, sorry. I mean I dont think any other organization would get a COA from someone other than UDA.

That's a very cool story.

Guys, thanks a lot to everyone for an opinion - it is highly appreciated. Looks like this item is not real...so I better pass.