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Judge DredIn response to Rob
"This is why "auction house" style LOAs are BS. You can't certify 100 3x5 cards on a blanket LOA. This is a practice that has to stop."
Why can't you certify 100 3 x 5 cards with one LOA? If they are all authentic, why do you need more than one LOA?
Scott
If someone wanted to break up the lot and sell part of it how would the LOA be used? Would the provider of the LOA give the person 100 copied LOAs with the entire lot? That would really leave someone open to temptation.
In the case of valuable baseballs I would think that each ball should have its own LOA for the same reason - what if someone wanted to break up the lot?
That's just my opinion. Everyone has one, mine is no better or worse than anyone elses, unless you agree with it or disagree with it.
If signatures are "clubhouse" then the LOA needs to specify what "clubhouse" means and which ones are "clubhouse." My rationale for this is because not everyone is completely aware of the different acronyms and jargon used on this material. I've heard the arguement that if you don't know what it is then you shouldn't be buying it. What if it were your mother, wife or girlfriend buying you a surprise gift? They may not know what to ask or what the "odd" words indicate.
I showed a Gehrig autograph I have to a few of the "experts" and they were split on it - 2 yes, 2 no. I'm sure if I were to have paid for a LOA it might have been nice, but I was just curious to see what these "experts" thought giving it a cursory review. The autograph is on a New York World Fair Laurel Card. The signature was almost exactly like the one in the Halper auction. I suppose I could pay to have it authenticated and send it to all the experts. How would I sell it? Would I provide the LOAs from the ones that believe it's real and also provide the rejection letters from those that don't think it's real? Just how much stuff out there do you think has been submitted and resubmitted until it passed (by at least one person)? After getting "the" blessing from one of the "gods" then I could go out and "legitimately" sell it, even though another "diety" said it wasn't the real deal.