Caught! Crook who sold Ruth fakes to FL pawn shops

[thetruthisoutthere]

Thank you for the link to that story, Steve.

[JayZim13]

Interesting article since I am living in Florida.
Was there anything on the cert that would identufy as phony immediately without checking back with PSA?

[mdschulze]

The article states, "A snowbird who wanted it for his son asked that it be recertified. So Pawn Mart sent the ball off to PSA/DNA Authentication Services in California, the company that had penned the first certificate".

Why would someone want it recertified by the same company? Is this a common practice by other collectors?

[packs]

Maybe he thought the ball looked fishy.

[mdschulze]

Maybe so but if it were me, I'd want a totally different authenticator to look at it... not the original one who possibly made a mistake the first time.

[thecatspajamas]

Maybe he thought the LOA looked fishy rather than the ball itself.

[travrosty]

This whole thing stinks. everytime a psa or jsa cert gets copied, someone loses a lot of money. the only way some companies can combat it is to invest in a technology so expensive that individuals wont employ the same technology to copy it, due to its prohibited cost.

the company eventually recoups the technology investment over many years, but the individual doesnt have that luxury. they are just taking a regular piece of paper and printing the info and cert number on it. that's not security.