Willie Mays

[rmarks]

Thank you for the great advice. I was offered the card after it was returned from another buyer. I told him immediately that I didn't think the autograph resembled any authentic Mays signatures that I've seen. I posted it here to confirm my thoughts and to alert others about the limitations of eBay authentication.

I think PayPal has a six month protection policy, but I don't know how difficult it is to make your case.

I appreciate the members of Net54. It is a scary world outside this safe house. I'm grateful for your support and support.

[rand1com]

Ebay is pretty inconsistent but usually supports the buyer in cases like this. Since they endorse JSA and PSA/DNA as autograph authenticators, they would likely side with you as long as you have an original failure letter.

Have you contacted Ebay with your concerns about the autograph and the fact that the seller stated it was authentic. He obviously misrepresented the item and they might refund based on that. They can easily have a 3rd party look at the autograph and deem it a forgery from the scan.

Hate to see you get taken in this scenario but obviously $300 for an authentic Mays '72 Topps autograph would have been a huge bargain so the saying "buyer beware" certainly applies.

[rmarks]

Thank for your suggestion.

Fortunately, I never bought the card. Apparently it was purchased by another person and returned. The seller reached out to me through eBay messenger, as I had asked about the signed card previously. He wanted to know if I would like to buy it. I told him I didn't believe the signature to be authentic. I used the picture that he attached in his eBay message as an attachment to this post.

I never paid any money, not did I receive the card.