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Posted By: Richard Simon

What it comes down to is this. The ball was being sold in Christie's which attracts a large crowd of people who would never, ever know what the words "clubhouse version" means. They would read the sentence about all signatures being authentic and that is what would register in their minds. The crowd at Christie's does not consist of the people on this board for the most part. It is a moneyed crowd that is there for fun and to buy something that they can put on their doctor, lawyer, accountant office walls or shelves, but that has no connection to the hobby. One of those non hobbyists would easily misconstrue the COA.
The drop store selling this ball made that mistake.
The COA was poorly written, to say the least. Anyone not familair to the autograph hobby would misconstrue the wording on that COA.
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