Live Sports Auctions and GAI

[freddy]

I've actually bought numerous of items from them and all has been good. I even submitted several of the items to PSA/JSA and they all have come back legit. Good service, good auction house; just my opinion.

Also those Koufax balls look good to me.

[MikeKam]

Originally Posted by freddy

I've actually bought numerous of items from them and all has been good. I even submitted several of the items to PSA/JSA and they all have come back legit. Good service, good auction house; just my opinion.

Also those Koufax balls look good to me.

Hmm... first post..

[Klrdds]

Again the early items from GAI are supposed to be good, so maybe this guy bought items with early GAI COAs. It would be interesting to find out the dates on GAI certs that were good and when they went " questionable".
Personally I buy nothing from GAI .

[parker1b2]

Originally Posted by Klrdds

Personally I buy nothing from GAI .

^^^This ^^^

If it has a GAI cert I pass on it.

[freddy]

These actually were GA authentics.

[parker1b2]

Originally Posted by freddy

These actually were GA authentics.

Same company. GAI changed to GA to try and clean up their image.

[JT]

freddy; "Also those Koufax balls look good to me."


Those Koufax autographs are horrible.

[freddy]

I'm sorry they look identical to this one.

[JT]

Those two are not even close to the JSA one, and the two above are not even close to each other.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by freddy

I'm sorry they look identical to this one.

Did you think we are stupid?

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Did you think we are stupid?

Too Funny. I admire you so much Richard. You are a speck of gold in a cess pool.

[touchdowntimekc]

Now craig or freddy is accusing me of slander, lol

http://live.autographmagazine.com/fo...ource=activity

I think he did a good job of slandering himself if you ask me

[touchdowntimekc]

My message to you Craig is to stop selling fake autographs...You have knowingly sold 1000's of fake autographs over the past year and made a lot of money hurting honest & good people.

Your lies have caught up to you and there is a group of people who have bought from you directly that are pissed.

Quit the games and the BS because more people than you know are on to you. Oh if you want to play the game of accusing me of slander... that right there is slandering my name and unlike you I've done nothing wrong.

So if you want to play that game I'll play and I'll win

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by freddy

I've actually bought numerous of items from them and all has been good. I even submitted several of the items to PSA/JSA and they all have come back legit. Good service, good auction house; just my opinion.

Also those Koufax balls look good to me.

Can we get full names on this thread?

[johnmh71]

Originally Posted by Deertick

Can we get full names on this thread?

+1

[mighty bombjack]

I will agree that the two Koufax autos in the OP are bad and do not resemble the certed one shown later (or each other).

I will also agree that I won't touch anything certed by GAI or GA.

[RichardSimon]

Who the f--- is this Freddy?

[shelly]

GA means God Awful. They are the new Dondald. GAI was not much better. The where going broke and made a deal with B&J to authenticate every piece of garbage in there house.

[Mr. Zipper]

A stunningly detailed thread was posted on Autograph Magazine Live last night.

Global Authentics, Bob Gryder, Steve Sipe and the Western Forgery Ring

It remains to be seen if the accusations are true, but if so, it could be a watershed moment in the hobby.

[touchdowntimekc]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Who the f--- is this Freddy?

Fred Cook is most likely the guy who owns Livesportsauctions.com named Craig Cook. He has been selling fakes for almost 2 years through the site, a bimonthly card show in KC and through other auctions.

He claims he arranges signings for guys like Jeter, Puig, Tanaka, Jordan, Kobe or he purchased the hundreds of Ace Authentic (banned by ebay) or Ga items from other auctions houses (who when contacted) have never heard of him

Basically Freddie is a guy who rips off Grandpa and anyone who doesn't know better and gets way with it because there is no regulation in the autograph industry.

The good news is that the majority of major collectors in the KC area (and on the internet) are aware of "him" and his practices--My name is Cody Cook (no relation) nothing to hide I'm one of the largest personal collectors in the KC area and first hand have seen the damage "Freddy" has done to innocent victims

[Leon]

Per our board rules every person giving an opinion in this thread (or any thread for that matter) needs their full name in their post. If you don't put it there then I will. Any questions, please post them. Just trying to keep it real.

edited to add, Freddy does look to be Craig, from info I have, so his name has been changed and is now under his id in all of his posts. Welcome aboard Craig.