spence authentication knowledge or reputation

[murphusa]

on some things I would guess yes

[RichardSimon]

I was on a short vacation guys, just got back, so this response is a little delayed.
On bad forgeries, 3 seconds or less is enough time to be able to give an informed opinion.
Anything else does take more time, sometimes considerably more time.
That is what my exemplar file is for.

[chaddurbin]

i was making a joke with the 3 sec thing as that's how long it took an "expert" to reject OP's ali sig.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

i was making a joke with the 3 sec thing as that's how long it took an "expert" to reject OP's ali sig.

I understood that.
Just wanted to clarify that on occasion 3 seconds is all it takes with some of the forgeries I do see.
There are times I can even name the forger in that amount of time.
When you see someone's forgeries for so many years you know what his crap looks like.

[blaze422]

FWIW, 5 years ago I picked up on ebay an item signed by Ruth et al at the opening of the HOF that had an online authentication from Sothebys. When I tried to flip it with MastroNet they sent it to Spence who declined to authenticate.

Sothebys letter was impressive to me, but.... easy come , easy go.