What do you think of this Heritage offering?

[shelly]

Travis, what bigger conflict of interest is there than having a man work for both you and the authenticator?

[David Atkatz]

Gotta agree with Shelly on that!

[travrosty]

I agree, I can't figure out why that is permissable. It's like the '84 Celtics and Lakers playing for the championship and your head referee tonight is Red Auerbach.

[Tom Hufford]

Whoever got this ball signed should have gotten Joe Giard to sign it, too. He's the key to the 1927 Yankees.

[shelly]

What I find most disturbing is that anyone one would pay that kind of money on the word of god knows who. Jim and PSA have a ton of people working for them. Who said the ball was good. I sure would like to know that. I would also ask Heritage if I could have at least two other opinions from people that I trust as well. If anyone of them said no that would be my exit from the auction.

[David Atkatz]

We can also apply Shelly's "god knows who," to those who believe the ball is bad. So far, only Richard and Shelly have opined openly. Wouldn't it be nice to know who those other four "top of the hobby" experts are?

[shelly]

David, you forgot yourself The point I am trying to make is who within PSA and JSA decided that the ball was authentic. Not asking anymore than that.

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by shelly

Travis, what bigger conflict of interest is there than having a man work for both you and the authenticator?

This assumes that we fully trust the authenticators, thereby believing that their judgement need be impartial. Why doesn't Heritage just have Gutierrez do the authentications in house, and skip TPAs? Conflict of interest gone?

Leland's doesn't use third party authenticators. They use in-house people. For the most part, so does Coaches' Corner.

See my point? In the end, it is all about the item itself, just as it has always been. Do you guys think that if these TPAs didn't exist, Heritage would only be selling good stuff? I sure don't.