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Posted By: <b>shelly jaffe</b><p>A point I would like to make about Mr. Morales web page.<br />He says on his web page that - On January 17, 2006 HBO Real Sports aired a story on forgeries in the memorabilia business. Prior to the show I was asked if I would provide opinion based on photos of alleged forgeries. In accord with good business practices and the fact that absent examination of actual items no one can give an informed opinion that can be presented in Court, I declined that invitation. <br />My understanding was that everybody was sent five items and nobody was offered pictures of items. The authenticators were tested with real items. I don't believe they ever were going to use pictures. Yet Morales says they did. The producer of the show, Andrew Bennett, would be happy to back up my statement here and any other statements I make about the HBO show.<br />The main truth is Morales was sent five forged items and he said they were all authentic. Morales was one of two authenticators who could not get one item correctly.