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Posted By: <b>shelly jaffe</b><p><br /> Rich, I was trying to think of something nice, I waited and waited and waited and can’t think of anything thing that wasn’t derogatory. Let’s explore your questions to me:<br /> <br />Rich says: You say that Frangipani passed 100% of items sent to him. My question to you is what hard proof do you have that will back up this statement? How many items do you claim you sent him? <br /> <br />WHAT HARD PROOF? Your own man confessed in a Sports Collector’s Digest interview. <br /> <br />SCD: Were there instances in which you got fooled by a group of forgeries? <br /> <br />DF: I've been wrong many, many, many times. During Operation Bullpen, there were a lot of professional forgers out there. I was fooled; I've been duped many times, and I'm the first to admit it. Sheldon Jaffe (who was convicted in Operation Bullpen), I did over 474 pieces for him, and he paid me $4,060. How's that (for honesty)? <br /> <br />Frangipani admits to authenticating over 450 pieces for me and that figure I think is low. I used to send him between 75 and 100 pieces and he would overnight the certificates to me with separate authenticating numbers. I’m sure the Donald has kept records of all the items he passed, since he is a professional at what he does. He has never failed an item I sent him. I repeat: HE HAS NEVER FAILED AN ITEM THAT I HAVE SENT HIM!<br /> <br />Rich writes: The next area of your statement I would like to explore is Special Agent Tim Fitzsimmons plucks from a box a dozen or so identical looking Babe Ruth signed album pages, all with Frangipani LOA's all authenticated on the same day?<br /> <br />This was on the HBO Real Sports Special. There were thousands of these items sorted in the San Diego warehouse. He could have picked up any box filed with forgerys. He merely picked up a pile from the closest box of crap near him. That box contained numerous items most of them being pieces that the Donald authenticated.<br />Part 1:<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bZF5rvPPIY" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bZF5rvPPIY</a><br /> <br />Part 2:<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx3I8VE2aUU&feature=related" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx3I8VE2aUU&feature=related</a><br /> <br /><br />Rich writes: I ask you other than you making this statement what proof do you have that these pieces even went to Frangipani and he issued loa's for them on the same day? Can you tell us what reference number/s where on the loa's or are those the same? <br /> <br />It’s from his own statement that these items went to him. READ THE INTERVIEW! I’m only talking about what I KNOW I sent him. I do know that most of the people within this group sent items and they all came back with Frangipani certs. Stan, Smokey’s Nate Harrison etc,.<br /> <br />Rich writes: I think you might have left out a very important fact, one you probably no nothing about and that is Mr. Fitzsimmons was in Frangipani's office prior to the airing of the HBO program<br />I have no knowlege of that fact. Do you?<br /><br /> Rich writes: Here’s the important part you left out, Mr. Fitzsimmons showed Frangipani numerous coa's that allegedly he issued. A funny thing happened during this visit, Frangipani was able to prove that a very high percentage of the letters were forged and or copied.<br /> <br />Are you telling me that Fitzsimmons admitted he had numerous illegally forged Frangipani documents. . As my colleague above says, why would you forge a Frangipani cert. To save $5?<br /><br />Rich writes: Why wasn't that fact mentioned during the HBO program.<br /> <br />I didn’t have anything to do with the HBO Special. HBO was responsible for all the content. HBO appeared at Frangipani’s door, not the FBI. HBO chose to do what ever they felt was right for the show. I am sure that if push came to shove you could get the outtakes.. <br /> <br />Let me ask you this; why is your man still in business? He went 0-7 and he continues to authenticate garbage. I know that you guys represent him. Come out of your shell and tell me. Your own man admitted to SCD that he authenticated 475 forgeries for ME. He is banned from eBay. Coach’s Corner doesn’t even use him anymore. No auction house uses him. WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? If I was an attorney and I knew he was the expert I would jump for joy.<br /> <br />If there was a devil and they had disciples, Donald Frangipani would be the devil of the forensic world. <br /><br />Not a disciples<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />