How many COA's make an autograph real?

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by D.P.Johnson

there are scores of people with FDE certificates who regularly certify autographs as being authentic only to be proven incorrect at a later date...

+1

(and it seems there are more now than ever, they crawl out from under rocks seemingly every other day, plucking dollars out of people's pockets)

[D.P.Johnson]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

+1

(and it seems there are more now than ever, they crawl out from under rocks seemingly every other day, plucking dollars out of people's pockets)

Yep.
And, quite honestly, if I were ever going to "trust" someone to authenticate items, it would be someone who had a past history of working for a L.E. agency. I think someone with this type of history understands the consequences of falsifying documents, testifying under oath, the importance of being honest and truthful, etc...

[shelly]

Originally Posted by D.P.Johnson

Yep.
And, quite honestly, if I were ever going to "trust" someone to authenticate items, it would be someone who had a past history of working for a L.E. agency. I think someone with this type of history understands the consequences of falsifying documents, testifying under oath, the importance of being honest and truthful, etc...

You mean like Morales or the guys Steve Rocchi has working for him?

[D.P.Johnson]

Originally Posted by shelly

You mean like Morales or the guys Steve Rocchi has working for him?

The key word in my statement was "if" Shelly...

[shelly]

I was just trying to take the if out of the equation.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by D.P.Johnson

the importance of being honest and truthful, etc...

Now that would be a find,, a hobby FDE with those qualities.

[D.P.Johnson]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Now that would be a find,, a hobby FDE with those qualities.

I've heard rumors that there's one guy out there that's pretty honest; it's just a rumor though.......