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davidcyclebackThe beginning and the end is to purchase a autograph from a known to be respectable seller who has a lifetime guarantee of authenticity. Most respected autograph dealers have this lifetime policy and some autograph dealer groups require a member to have such a lifetime policy. That collectors are buying Mickey Mantle autographs from a seller with a 5 day return window and using a spin wheel to pick a seller, is a deficiency of the sellers as much as anything else
It's not much different than early baseball cards on eBay. Folks like Lew Lipset, Scott Brockleman, Tic 'n Tic and Mark Macrae auction cards on eBay and anyone is welcome to bid. That there are bidders who skip these sellers in order to bid in no return private auctions and on AAA paperstock cutouts and color Fro Joy Babe Ruths is a expression of the buyers' ignorance more than anything else about the baseball card hobby.