Any interest in an application to spot verify well-known autographs/forgeries

[isaac2004]

Originally Posted by Ryan1125

Thinking out loud here...

*I'm not particularly sold on the whole "auto detect" software function you are mentioning, but I do think it would be nice if there was some sort of "Autograph 101" app where you could search for a particular athlete, and find tons of 100% authentic exemplars, as well as forgery examples for educational purposes.

*It would even be neat if there was some sort of "submit a photo" option to update a person's exemplar folder (I.e. if you just got a ball signed by Pete Rose, you could upload immediately with a date stamp), OR to get people's opinions (similar to what people ask for here). Members could have certain areas of expertise, and get a notification if someone needs help in their "area". But without automation, you would be relying on knowledgeable opinions which would probably be hard to filter out/verify... Basically this is an app that PSA/DNA, JSA, or BGS should be building right now and they could profit from the "quick opinion/submit a photo" aspect of it! lol



*Part of the fun of this hobby to me is keeping an extensive exemplar archive and "learning" the autographs myself, the problem is the vast majority of people could care less about this. They just want to buy an autograph for their wall. So in that aspect, I'm not so sure tons of people would like the idea of "studying" exemplars through the app...

*It would be cool if each athlete/celeb had a "profile" that you could "follow" to continue getting updated on. I would love to "follow" certain athletes and be updated on their signing schedules/TTM status/appearances/see posts of recent IP autos of them, etc.

*What if athletes had control over their own profile and had the ability to accept signing requests as they please? Similar to an Uber driver opening their app and deciding if they want to take a pick-up or not? Obviously the big names won't have time, but plenty of lower name guys would during the off-season I assume. This would cut out the greedy middle men and let the athletes decide when/where they want to sign, from the comfort of their own homes.


Now you've got me thinking! It's an interesting idea, the possibilities are endless!

some of this data is tracked on signings hotline but something more consolidated would be interesting.