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RhysThe fact that GAI rejected all five is more a showing of their overly cautious attitude than expert opinions. I will never use GAI since Guttierrez left for that reason. They will only authenticate signatures which are within the mainstream and show no normal variances (rushed signature, examples signed later in life, examples signed early in a career, etc.) Where other companies might possibly authenticate 1 item out of 5 (like Richard Simon) which is not real, GAI will reject many of the real signatures which are completely good because of inexperience and fear of authenticating something which might not be real. You might think this is good, until you realize there are THOUSANDS of completely good autographs out there which fail GAI's authentication and many are then discarded even though they are fine.
So what is worse, 1 in 5 being wrongfully authenticated or several Real signatures being wrongfully rejected meanwhile GAI gladly takes your money for being wrong?
I would personally trust Richard Simon over the people working at GAI right now.