Muhammad Ali Autograph on Angelo Marino REAL?

[drc]

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[grandstand69]

Let me try to explain, the point is I want to sell these pieces on eBay but wanted to get some input. Marino art is frowned on, I want to know if the photo we have along with other angles help prove the Ali signature is authentic. Also having confidence in a good piece what are thoughts on interest due to the history of the artist. That's it, nothing really to complicated.

[mr2686]

I think the interest would be low. I know I would not want one even if I saw Ali sign it in person. I think there are going to be a couple of different groups of collectors. 1 - someone that would not touch anything with the Marino name on it. 2 - someone that would not touch it without an "official" authentication by PSA, Spence, Simon etc. 3 - Someone that would get it to make a cut so that it was no longer associated with Marino, but they probably would not want to pay what you'd wan't to sell for. Finally, there's the collector that buys anything but even some of those know the name of Marino and it might be a hard sell. I think you have an uphill battle on this one.

[grandstand69]

Funny you should mention cutting the autograph out. I have over 125left that I've counted with my dad saying he has about 125-150 more stored with the rest of the memorabilia he put up after moving on from the hobby. Remember, I'm talking about same exact piece but without the original mock-up and also these are #d to /500. I'm no novice to the industry and do realize the value difference if certified, that's why I started here, I'd hate to invest a bunch of cash in LOAs only to have problems selling these pieces for more then they'd fetch with photograph proof and a written guarantee of refund if problems. I also am looking at just attaching a quick opinion. Other lithos like mine generate $500-$850 on up. If we can get $275-$300 on our #d /500 I'd be ok with it. I just won't know until one hits the market. These are not common on the market due to us owning the majority, perhaps it helps. Worst case we cut and sell for a few hundred each.