Wayne and Mike Stivers COA

[mighty bombjack]

Google search isn't turning up much. Anyone know anything bout these guys?

[Duluth Eskimo]

Good guys, but as usual judge the item not the cert.

[Scott Garner]

Wayne is a long time collector/dealer in the hobby and he comes recommended.
I definitely agree with the philosophy of the previous poster that you should examine any piece carefully, FWIW.

[mighty bombjack]

Thanks guys. There is a seller with a number of TOUGH autos for sale, promising Stivers COAs. I don't like a number of the autos, and the prices are very low for many of these guys. I just saw the names and wanted to ask.

[Runscott]

Do you mean Wayne Stivers who has been compiling Negro League box scores forever, and who collects and sells Negro league player autographs, etc.? If so, he's someone who I've communicated with regularly over the years and I certainly trust him. I'm unaware of his doing any authentication.

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Do you mean Wayne Stivers who has been compiling Negro League box scores forever, and who collects and sells Negro league player autographs, etc.? If so, he's someone who I've communicated with regularly over the years and I certainly trust him. I'm unaware of his doing any authentication.

I don't know if that's who I mean.

Take a look at this auction. I have plenty of reasons not to make this purchase, but I noticed the names in the auction and wanted to ask if they meant anything to anyone here.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281021966606...84.m1438.l2649

Same seller has a number of high end autos with the same "Lifetime Letter of Authenticity - Wayne and Mike Stivers" line.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by mighty bombjack

Thanks guys. There is a seller with a number of TOUGH autos for sale, promising Stivers COAs. I don't like a number of the autos, and the prices are very low for many of these guys. I just saw the names and wanted to ask.

Wayne,
Seems like you already knew the answer to your question before you asked.

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Wayne,
Seems like you already knew the answer to your question before you asked.

This was a while back, but I certainly did know the answer on that specific auto (don't remember who it was). I was looking to educate myself on the name Stivers. Really, I was asking if that was a bad auto somehow fraudulently attached to a reputable LOA or if the LOA itself was meaningless.

Know what I mean? There are some LOAs that turn me away from even considering the auto itself. There are some that don't.