SGC Authentic

[Bosox Blair]

I think the date of death is very important to the value of an autograph (and not just for judging authenticity).

The first thing I do when considering an autograph purchase is search the internet for the date of death.

If the player lived into the mega-card-show era (say after 1980, but even more around 1990), I typically discount those autographs substantially. There were unprecedented numbers of autographs being signed in this era for resale.

If the player died long before any of this stuff (ie. 1930s, 1940s, 1950s) I want to know that...it will usually translate to a much scarcer autograph (of course except for the very most popular players who freely signed, like Ruth, Cobb, etc...these are valuable because of demand, not short supply.)

Cheers,
Blair

[chaddurbin]

imo sgc is fine with modern stuff...prewar i'd still lean toward psa/dna or jsa for a variety of factors.

[JasonD08]

Chaddurbin.........shurely you meant that the other way around.

[chaddurbin]

no, babe ruth ty cobb walter johnson jimmie foxx etc i'm going to psa/dna or jsa...not sgc auth.

[smtjoy]

I have been happy with the service.

[novakjr]

I actually like that they put the DOD. To be completely honest, when a player died, has become a LARGE part of what a signature is.. Especially in terms of value, as had been mentioned before, based on it's relation to the signing habbits of the different era's that a player was alive for..

[theshleps]

I sent in some signed Callahans to SCG as I know and like Earl. A Lajoie, Speaker, and Young. I know they were good as I deal with folks like Jim Stinson and Ron Gordon. I basically wanted them slabbed for protection and because they were dupes I thought I might trade them at some point. They came back saying they weren't sure - they returned my $ in the form of a credit. They felt they were real but weren't experienced enough. This was a year ago and i was disappointed. Did fine on more recent stuff