Great Article @ Baseball Autograph Fraud

[danc]

I agree with the above. It seems like sites like autographalert are simply on a mission to weed through every auction with an agenda. They do get it right more often than not, but how many errors does the well respected authenticating firm make per 100?

But I think Ron's point is believed by many who target JSA and PSA/DNA and thats...can a Frank Chance single signed baseball really exist?

Mastro claimed to have the only one in existence some time back, but I think if I went through the mountain of catalogs sitting in a corner of the office, I can remember several others being offered by other auction houses and authenticated by the same respected experts.

Or Jack Chesbro in single signed ball form, which I saw in a major catalog once authenticated by one of the two.

I had a long conversation with Ron once and we spoke about single signed balls (and I'm on the same page as him) and we spoke about how certain players of equal value during some time periods exists, while others do not.

You see a few vintage Roy Campanella single signed balls, but never a vintage Duke Snider. You see Roberto Clemente single signed balls, but you never see a vintage Frank Robinson or Willie McCovey. What would be the point of the forger to forge a vintage McCovey.

Dan

[Gecklund311]

Keep in mind the monetary motivation in those cases...

There is a lot more motivation for people to sell a vintage Campanella or a Jackie Robinson...they will go for good money. While a vintage Snider or McCovey may bring a premium, it isn't going to command the money of a long deceased or rarer player. If vintage Sniders went for a $4000 OR $5000 you would probably see many more coming out of the woodwork.

[ajg]

I dont know what is worse,looking at Coaches Corner selling their swill week after week or SCD for allowing this to occur.SCD should take the high road and pass on advertising $$ rather than lower their standards. It probably is too late though.SCD,unfortunately, has been reduced to National Enquirer status.

[Vintageclout]

"Prewarsports" has "hit the nail right on the head" regading Ron K. and his zero budging autograph opinions. Case in point...a few years ago I provided Ron with a PERFECT exempler of a pre-1910 Mathrewson autograph taken from a 1907 baseball dinner in Chicago that perfectly matches the Mathewson "Won In The Ninth" book template autograph. Ron had stated he had not a SINGLE exempler matching the Won in The Ninth book signatures, and I informed him I knew of one. Well, I sent him a scan and he simply dismissed it....I guess the truth hurts!

Joe T.

[Blunder19]

If i wanted to email this expert Ron to look at a signed ball that I have would anyone know how to contact him?