You guys have got to see this! Tony Podsada discussing Mickey Mantle. FUNNY

[kengoldin]

Originally Posted by shelly

Ok, lets us say he is telling the truth. He made his settlement in 1991 did he get forty thousand Mantles. Because that is about how many he has sold in the last 24 years. Even after Mantle died he has sold thousands of them and no end in sight.
Ken how many did Mantle sign for your dad?

40,000 as part of the settlement huh?
here is the court order against him...2 of them
one in 1992, and one in 1994.
Where does he get ANY inventory? Hopefully this attachment uploads properly.
Looks to me like he was restrained from selling forgeries.
that worked out well

damn, file to big to upload....the court cases are in the other forum thread however

[Fuddjcal]

What I believe is plain to see from the interaction with Tony Podsada is that he is the one that has been behind the flood of forgeries for many many years. This is my assessment of the situation:

1) When he started with that slop, He went to JSA & PSA. According to Tony, James Spence apparently authenticated some back in 2000-2001 or so when he was fairly green. When Tony showed James Spence the other 30,000 he had on his kitchen table, he clammed up and ran like rabbit with thorn in paw. LOL As would any legitimate authenticator.

2) He then took the garbage to Richard Simon who authenticated some and Richard will have to fill in the blanks as to how many & how long it took him to realize he'd been had. What sets Richard apart from TPA's is that he admitted as such. We look at them today, 15 years after the fact and can spot them easily. We've all been fooled at one time with this, but the more you look at them, the more they just stand out like a sore thumb.

3) He then went to GAI and sold them his bill of goods. They were struggling at the time and Tony helped put them right out of business.

4) When all the legitimate sources soured on them, out came the Nicholas Burczyk chronicles. After that was shut down, he sold his fish tales to Christopher Morales. Moraless was over matched or in on the scheme.

5) After Morales's reputation was trashed and known only for Authentication of Forgeries, it was on to the sell the "story" to Ted Taylor & Scott Mallack of STAT Authentic & Drew Maxx of AAU. They were exactly like Moraless as all they did was rubber stamp forgeries.

6)While all this was going on, he was selling these obvious forgeries with his own COA's from My Favorite Forgeries and let's not forget his other wonderful companies who has certified nothing but forgeries, Myst-O-graph & YMC Sports (LOL)

7) as his network was growing or slowing, we then started to see others fall into the same trap, like CSC Collectibles & Autograph Legends. The certificates all used the EXACT same verbiage. Then we got a laugh as My Favorite Forgeries was "REBORN"

8) PAAS actually Passed, in 2012 when he continued to try a pass that ridiculous story that someone in Mickey Mantle's Family signed everything we know to be authentic, while he held 30,000 authentic ones, albeit cartoonish machine drawn on cheap media. . As I have stated in the end, the eyes don't lie & where are all the personalizations with Tony's cartoonish style hiding? (Maybe coming to a website near you)

9) at the same time another entity sprung up that is still going on today, Guaranteed Forgery Authentics (GFA). They are still very pathetic and the signature is evolving somehow to try and make it better. Still it' get's worse They are running rough-shot through E-bay, Always Fake at Auction and the Military Exchanges. The usual outlets for these cheap forgeries.

[Fuddjcal]

He has told this story for so long and ripped off so many people, knowingly or unknowingly it doesn't matter. The funny thing you get from the thread is that he actually believes it. Either that or he is THE BIGGEST CROOK in the autograph industry, and he IS individual who filtrated all the fakes into the market place using the story he has now told to the masses. Above was his road map, IMHO. He has left quite a wake.

He asked my credentials and here they are. I have studied Mantle and Mantle signature only for going on 10 Years. I wanted to be the one to make the call instead of relying on TPA for what I bought and I believe I have accomplished that. I have respect for the truth with integrity and seeked to find it. I believe I have a high capacity to learn and always try to give people the benefit of the doubt. It's the way I run my business and my life. I have never been in handcuffs and have had no more than a speeding ticket, years ago. I hate when others are ripped off and are parted with their hard earned money...especially our Military. How low can you go?

The fact that he spent time in jail for Tax Evasion speaks volumes to his character should anyone remotely believe his ridiculous story. To compare my "Credentials", when my business was Audited the first time in 15 years, I spent 10 hours in front of an IRS agent. I had under paid by less than $600.00 on over 1 Million in sales. I wrote them a check. The next time, 3 years later, I spent 6 hours and they owed me $200.00

There was no lying or cheating or going to Jail for Tax Evasion. That happens to Cheater F'ers PERIOD. The funniest part is that he challenged the judgement which he agreed to and signed. Then, he asked for.... WAIT FOR IT>>>>

...A FORENSIC DOCUMENT EXAMINER to asses his signature as he stated he was misled and his signature was forged

Those are my credentials Tony as you asked for. We have all seen yours now. Thanks for taking the time to tell your story. This is mine. If one person sees this and it saves them from buying that garbage, I have done a good job. If they want to believe you, that's their prerogative. For me, I'm finding it IMPOSSIBLE to swallow.

[RichardSimon]

Fuddj - well done recap.
I never went to Tony in Florida or anywhere else.
Tony never brought his garbage to me.
He alleges, and it is possible, that he mailed a few items to me and that I did authenticate them. He has made that claim for years. At one point in time he said the number of items was six.
He contacted me by phone quite a few years ago and begged me to visit him in Florida and told me that I would make good money by doing this. I refused to visit him.
He has called me again, not recently, when I wrote things about Florida forgeries, here and on my website. I hung up on him, knowing that any conversation would be pointless.

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Fuddj - well done recap.
I never went to Tony in Florida or anywhere else.
He alleges, and it is possible, that he sent a few items to me and that I did authenticate them. He has made that claim for years. At one point in time he said the number of items was six.
He contacted me by phone quite a few years ago and begged me to visit him in Florida and told me that I would make good money by doing this. I refused to visit him.
He has called me again, not recently, when I wrote things about Florida forgeries, here and on my website. I hung up on him, knowing that any conversation would be pointless.

Thank-you very much Richard for your help in setting the record straight.

[shelly]

He never sold GAI on any story. He did not need to. GAI had all ready done a deal with B&J to authenticate all of their crap.
TP used to supply all of B&J's junk so it became a perfect marriage. Years later he started up again With Steve Rocchi and GFA.
If you want to do your own research, I can just tell you that if you buy one of these items, take it out of the frame and take the paper to a printer. Surprise, Surprise.

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by shelly

He never sold GAI on a story. GAI had all ready done a deal with B&J to authenticate all there crap. TP used to supply all of B&J's junk so it became a perfect marriage. Years latter he started up again With Rocchi.
I can just tell you that if you buy the item, take it out of the frame and take the paper to a printer. Surprise, Surprise.

Once again, thanks Shelly for helping to shed light and correct some of my assessments. Much appreciated.

[Leon]

There is good information in this thread. Thanks guys...Hopefully it helps someone to not get ripped off..

[Leon]

There is good information in this thread. Thanks guys...Hopefully it helps someone to not get ripped off..

[NJDeepthroat]

Fudd,
You never mentioned his interaction with Ken and his company Scoreboard. Tony told me they were supplying the autos for the plaques he made but I think Ken got screwed.
@rt S.

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by NJDeepthroat

Fudd,
You never mentioned his interaction with Ken and his company Scoreboard. Tony told me they were supplying the autos for the plaques he made but I think Ken got screwed.
@rt S.

how silly of me not to mention that That was the e-bay e-mail that started it all, LOLOLOLOOLOL

It went something like this as I recall..."It was I who sued scoreboard and won"... Later debunked by Ken with copies of the legal documents.

Great memories NJ deepthroat. Thanks for the rehash. Always fun on a Sunday morning.

I was off to bigger and better things like getting my teeth kicked by PSA's "Billion dollar fraud" with trimmed and soaked BB Cards. Ken has moved on to bigger and better things as well...Tony has probably passed his autograph forgery ring to his kids in Florida by now, The Scamshine State because everywhere I look is FAKE TONY, MICKEY & Friends