Roberto Clemente Signed Autographed Baseball Global Authentics

[Bilko G]

The thing is, is if Chris can catch the ball as a forgery without even having to see the autograph, just by dating the ball, why can't the so-called experts do this as well??

My advice to the "experts" is, don't even bother authenticating the autograph until you do research on the actual ball (or item) and make sure the ball is from the right time frame for an authentic autograph to be even able to exist on it.

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by Bilko G

The thing is, is if Chris can catch the ball as a forgery without even having to see the autograph, just by dating the ball, why can't the so-called experts do this as well??

My advice to the "experts" is, don't even bother authenticating the autograph until you do research on the actual ball (or item) and make sure the ball is from the right time frame for an authentic autograph to be even able to exist on it.

You got that right. That should be the first step. The Ball itself has to be from the RIGHT period for the signer. If not, no point in even going further.

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

You got that right. That should be the first step. The Ball itself has to be from the RIGHT period for the signer. If not, no point in even going further.

That should always be the first step. Why bother with any autograph analysis if it's on an item that couldn't have been signed in the players lifetime. That's like Autograph 101.