Who to use to Authenticate Items by CCSA

[tinkereversandme]

This showed up in my inbox this morning.

http://scottmalack.com/?p=77

A site rarely run by Scott Malack of Coach's Corner, I guess part owner of "Coach’s Corner is proud to offer our customers the finest in authentic sports memorabilia. We’ve been in business over twenty-five years and looking forward to the next 25 years as well.”

Pretty funny stuff. He is probably right as those scumbags will probably be around for another 25 years.

Especially:

Who to Use to Authenticate My Items?

I have been asked this question at least 1,000 times and my response is always the same. There is not 1 well-known professional authenticator that I have not heard dozens of complaints about. My advice is to find one that you have a good relationship with and that has no ties or “conflicts of interest” with any business or auction company: meaning that they are not on the companies payroll or more directly speaking-paid to pass items.

Why are all of these nice balls dated Scott? I guess you have a good relationship with rareandsigned.com, right? What is your definition of "conflict of interest"? Seems like the same hand did all the dating, doesn't it?

Solid advice Scott! Great stuff! You think that Comiskey ball penned in 1919 will fetch $500?

Happy Collecting!

Larry

[tazdmb]

I will tell you what scares me-The ball are OBVIOUSLY fakes, but the signatures themselves seem to get better (closer to the real thing) all the time, which seems to me that the forgers are getting better. Just my 2 cents.

[prewarsports]

Weird how John Ward and Josh Gibson somehow went to school together and learned the EXACT same way to write numbers (despite being born a half century apart, being of different social classes and breaking all racial barriers of their day).

[packs]

Must have been a heck of a show. Looks like everyone used the same pen 30 years apart.

[Klrdds]

They must have had some great private signing sessions with these guys. I hear they are all CCSA EXCLUSIVE signers. No extra charge for inscriptions. They are all horribly bad forgeries.

[Runscott]

The weird thing is that people have been buying enough stuff from CC to keep them in business for 25 years. Who are these people?

Do they have pointy heads? Do they ever leave their apartments or trailers? Are they ideal Geraldo guest candidates?