Beckett suing store for fraudulent Kelce signatures

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by Musashi

Many people (myself included) assumed that "Beckett Witnessed" meant signed in the presence of a Beckett employee. The revelation that they contract others to act as witnesses immediately makes you wonder how many times this has happened that they just didn't catch. Certainly, any signing that this "witness" had previously been contracted for are suspect.Also, since Beckett figured this out after the Jason Kelce scheduling conflict was brought to their attention, you have to wonder why they didn't check on that prior to contracting someone to witness an event that wasn't actually happening.

They have done this for some years now, much like the Topps and Panini. I have a friend that primarily collects soccer and he’s found instances of Messi “BAS Witnessed” items originating from shows where he cancelled his appearances and was still on another continent. He’s also of the opinion that none of the major soccer stars (Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappe, etc) sign their certified autos and that handlers both sign the cards and the paperwork certifying them.

[SyrNy1960]

Simple fix, video record all signings.

[packs]

I remember seeing a lot of "witness" certificates but I can't remember any of them mentioning the circumstances of the signing. Is that standard practice now? How does one go about finding out where an item was signed and witnessed?

[Mark17]

When I get stuff signed, I take a picture of the athlete holding each item he signs. Much better than a LOA or guarantee. Examples of Bud Grant and Alan Merrick:

[Topps206]

Originally Posted by Mark17

When I get stuff signed, I take a picture of the athlete holding each item he signs. Much better than a LOA or guarantee. Examples of Bud Grant and Alan Merrick:

I tend to take a photo of the athlete signing in person, if possible.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by Topps206

I tend to take a photo of the athlete signing in person, if possible.

It's far better than third party authentication (which is somebody's opinion) or a LOA (which can be forged or worthless to begin with.)

Nobody will ever question the authenticity of this Kent Hrbek signed Metropolitan Stadium seat back that I got autographed this week:

[jp1216]

Originally Posted by Mark17

Nobody will ever question the authenticity of this Kent Hrbek signed Metropolitan Stadium seat back that I got autographed this week:

I agree but couldn't help but think about the Wagner guy photo....
Hrbek was always a favorite of mine. Glad he seems to be doing well!