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Posted By: David Davis

I read with interest the interview with Rob Lifson, and his mentioning of not using Lou Lampson to authenticate game used items.I have also seen numerous posts regarding Lou's reputation.

In the current Mastro Auction, there are over 100 game used items. All except two have MEARS authentication. The two that do not are a Michael Vick college jersey, and a Mark Messier Stanley Cup game used jersey. These two have Lou Lampson LOA's. 53 of the lots have LOA's from both MEARS and Lou Lampson.

I would like to know if the two lots with Lamspon only LOA's were rejected by MEARS, or if for some reason were just not sent to them to authenticate.

The likely scenario is that the items with Lampson's LOA were consigned with it, and then sent to MEARS. It does not seem likely that you would need LOA's from two different companies for the same item, unless it was signed. That is also shown quite often with a Spence or PSA accompanying cert.

Anyone with real facts regarding this, or other speculations?