[kengoldin]

I would put UDA, Tri Star, Mounted memories and Steiner sports into their own category. I trust all in person and under contract items from these companies. They are the best at what they do, which is contract athletes and conduct in person signings.

I do believe however that at least one or more of these companies will certify or hologram a 'purchased' item on occasion, which means it would be impossible for them to witness it, therefore not falling into the category of MLB, which will never hologram an item it didnt witness.

The question was comparing player holograms to MLB. and, because MLB is not a company selling its own items, but providing a service to its licensees, an MLB authenticated item needs to be placed on a different level then even the top memorabilia companies in the business. MLB authentication purpose is simply to witness , authenticate and hologram product.