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[HRBAKER]

Shelly,
Just for clarity, if you say you "don't like" an autograph - do you not think that most people interpret that to mean you doubt it's authenticity?

[shelly]

Like everything else it is only an opinon. I never said they where fake I said I dont like them. I have looked at a lot of autographs on here. I have said no when there good and said yes where they are bad. If Jimmey say they are good why would you need someone else to authenticate them? I will ask you the question if Jimmy an autograph in his opinion is real. Does that make it real?

[HRBAKER]

That's not really the question I asked but thanks for the response.

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by shelly

Like everything else it is only an opinon. I never said they where fake I said I dont like them. I have looked at a lot of autographs on here. I have said no when there good and said yes where they are bad. If Jimmey say they are good why would you need someone else to authenticate them? I will ask you the question if Jimmy an autograph in his opinion is real. Does that make it real?

To quote George C. Scott in "Dr. Strangelove, "What a load of Commie bull." You don't like the autographs. You keep giving the consignor the third degree. You have--by your actions--as much as accused him of lying. But you keep falling back on the old "I never said the autographs are bad."

What kind of coward are you?

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

Shelly,
Just for clarity, if you say you "don't like" an autograph - do you not think that most people interpret that to mean you doubt it's authenticity?

Jeff, in fairness to Shelly - autograph-collecting is a hobby where people will buy any Babe Ruth autographed item that has a PSA or JSA LOA. It doesn't matter it the autograph is authentic or not, and in most cases we'll never know with 100% certainly. So a 90%'er gets a lot more $$$ than a 50%'er, but the 50%'er still gets $1,000's. If an autograph is a 50%'er, I also "don't like" it. Doesn't mean I'm saying it's a fake - but yes, it does mean I have some doubt as to it's authenticity - 50% to be exact.

Calmed down and heading out for more caffeine, so at Deertick's suggestion, I won't be back until the next few cups wear off

I love you guys.

[shelly]

Jeff, I dont know what you want me to say. I did not like those autographs. It does not mean that they are not real. It is only an opinion. You didn't answer what I asked. Why if Spence already authenticated them as authentic would you go anywhere else? You have the best and your going to take a chance that someone else might in fact turn them down and loose everything.

[HRBAKER]

The fact that JSA authenticated them means very little to me. It means they "like" them, doesn't make them real and I wouldn't base spending a dime on their opinion alone. I long ago decided the autograph hobby was a little too squishy for me. I do however like to follow the developments and all the attendant drama that goes with it.

[shelly]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

The fact that JSA authenticated them means very little to me. It means they "like" them, doesn't make them real and I wouldn't base spending a dime on their opinion alone. I long ago decided the autograph hobby was a little too squishy for me. I do however like to follow the developments and all the attendant drama that goes with it.

So what your saying is that you are a drama queen
or king

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by shelly

So what your saying is that you are a drama queen
or king

No, what I am saying is that I like to read them going back and forth.