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

[shelly]

Like I said it is another fairy tale told by tp. He is a piece of garbage that is out to protect his authenticators at all cost. They are as bad as he is.
I once asked Morales to come on this site and defend himself. I will ask Steve Rocchi. Come on down and tell us why your not a piece of crap just like the Donald and Morales and the rest of tp crew of experts.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by shelly

Like I said it is another fairy tale told by tp. He is a piece of garbage that is out to protect his authenticators at all cost. They are as bad as he is.
I once asked Morales to come on this site and defend himself. I will ask Steve Rocchi. Come on down and tell us why your not a piece of crap just like the Donald and Morales and the rest of tp crew of experts.

I posted that thread in an attempt to have Rocchi reply to it, instead, Podsada himself showed up.

Rocchi is a member of the AML website.

Podsada can defend his crap until he is blue in the face, but he will never convince anyone but himself that his "stuff" is authentic.

I've made multiple purchases of that crap and have them in my possession.

They are all 4X6 and 5X7 prints done on inkjet paper.

ZERO of it came from Scoreboard. We've known that since the beginning. It was a no-brainer.

John House, the CEO of AtAuction has been selling that garbage to our military people for five years.

Disgusting.

http://military.exchangeauctions.com...ctions/1350179



Rocchi will never come online to defend his "authentications." He knows exactly what he is doing.

All I can say is that Rocchi must be proud of himself to be thought of in the same circles are Chris Morales, Ted Taylor and Drew Max.

Now I do recall Steve Cyrkin relaying a message from Rocchi that it is actually a John Goraczyk that does the "authenticating" and "forensic examination" of the pieces.

Truth is, you still can't contact anyone from the GFA website.

http://gfaauthenticated.com/team/

[RichardSimon]

That military exchange website, for those who do not know, is open only to active or retired military.
They are selling their crap to those who are defending and who have defended our country.
I was first alerted to this crap by a retired military man who frequents the site. He is not an autograph collector but the quantity of what was being sold concerned him and made him suspicious. The scam is so open and obvious that even non collectors can see it.

[Fuddjcal]

At least we all know where this junk has been coming from. The stories are amazing and like I said the autographs and the media they are on speak for themselves. Anyone who has a capacity to learn and a good 8-10 hour a day can tell the difference in 10 seconds when looking at a Podsada Forgery.

You can see actual pen marks when you look close up on a real signature. On Podsada's produced copies they are just that, copies. If he is the one who is also behind all the fake balls, they are Shakey Shantle's and also are just as cartoonish in their attempt to deceive.

IMHO, that's just what the man is doing to anyone who will listen....deceiving. His story does not make any sense to anyone with a sliver of a brain.

At least collectors have been brought up to speed on how the scam has worked and been so successful for 20 years or more. Despite many people suspecting Mr. Podsada for so long, at least we know for a fact that he is the source where most of the fakes have originated along with the cock and bull stories he sells to Dip Shit FDE's who are complicit to the crime, ignorant as hell or both.

I want to believe that he believes his stories, but when these brand new poses start showing up (and now in the wonderful 4 x 6 & 5 x 7 sizes) and the signatures start varying from height to width, it is apparent to me at least they are still cooking these out trying to dial them in somehow, then doing what he knows best, dressing up the pig with elaborate looking cheap framing.

When you compare a "Podsada Special" to an original Mantle Autograph under magnification it is even easier to see the difference in pen pressures, flows and the quality of the media.

It will be some run for the guy & simply amazing if he can keep out of jail in the twilight years of his life. I hope someday he gets to show the judge the testimony from Mickey Mantle where he said they were his. Even if he has that, the signatures don't lie, people do and in My opinion Tony Podsada is complicit to the crime of producing and selling counterfeit goods across state lines. I can only hope that the gentleman gets what's coming to him because IMHO, he has single handedly ruined Autograph collecting for me and countless others I'm sure.

[NJDeepthroat]

Chris,
I worked for Tony P circa 1989 -1990 and remembered that he had a plethora of autographed stuff always available and typically 3"x5", 5"x7" and 8"x10". What was very strange is that for example when Billy Martin died within a week or so Tony acquired 500 autographed "8x10" pictures for his double "Gone But Not Forgotten" placque. Now when did Martin sign this stuff if he even did? Also, strange was a series of 500 Home Run Club plaques about 15 that contained all autographs (Ruth etc.)?? These were 3" x 5' photos. Then there were lithos signed by many football players like Montana, Marino and Elway at least 200 limited edition. I have done engravings and deliveries which is when I met Ken G., Paul G. and Mike B. of Scoreboard. Now Scoreboard seemed legit since they were dealing with HSN and QVC from what I know. Anything mounted for Scoreboard was supplied by Scoreboard as i remember. Once interesting plaques was Pete Rose signed with a red engraved plate that said "Charlie Hustle" and an actual base on it. Berto designed in front of me and he was happy with it and again he seemed on the level to me. I have some stuff Tony gave me but I'd bet it is junk easily from everything I have read about him and how he hurt this hobby.
@rt Ser.gi