There are plenty of people who inherit things they know nothing about and just consign to be sold at auction. It is possible that the consignor did absolutely no research and is thrilled to get $6500 for something they did not know had a much greater potential value.
I said from the beginning I did not like the autograph overall and I still don't but I agree with a few others that it just might be authentic.
I say that whoever paid $6500 + buyer premium for it probably did a lot more investigation into authenticity than we can from pictures. And there had to be at least 2 bidders thinking it was real to go from the minimum bid to $6500.
We may well see this card in a future major auction authenticated by JSA, PSA/DNA, or Beckett and it will bring a huge reward to the winning bidder.
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