Muhammaud Ali signed lithograph picture

[Therila]

Hello,

I’ll start by telling you guys my name and a little bit about myself. My name is Theo Herila I’m 36 yrs old live the game of baseball. I played all through my younger years, played high school and 2 yrs of college ball. I was a collegiate baseball umpire at the Division II level.
The reason I’m writing this today is that I acquired this Muhammad Ali lithograph picture from my Uncle. He won this picture( lithograph) in a handicap pool tournament about 20 yrs ago and he gave it to me because the title of the picture is called “The Greatest” and he thought I was the greatest nephew. I’ve been trying to find out the value of this picture for a while now and I always strike out. I went to this art dealer and showed her my picture and she said this is not her area of expertise but she sent me to you guys. The picture has the artist name on it along with his signature Angelo Marino and it has a Kodak in bottom right corner of Muhammad Ali signing it as well 308/500 and the title is “The Greastest”. If you cold let me know more about this and tell me the value of it that would be great!

[JustinD]

Please look up “Operation Bullpen”. Marino spent a life creating frauds.

https://www.angelfire.com/biz5/puru777/ss1.htm

[irv]

https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/21011515

[bigfanNY]

There is a copy of this lithograph in ebay.

[roarfrom34]

could you show the rest of it too please (the Ali signature & photo)?

[Fuddjcal]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

could you show the rest of it too please (the Ali signature & photo)?

no need, It's an Angelo/Greg Marino Special. I believe the Angelo Marino is authentic.
Does not mean that you or your nephew are not "THE GREATEST". If not great, certainly good enough.

[Therila]

Originally Posted by JustinD

Please look up “Operation Bullpen”. Marino spent a life creating frauds.

https://www.angelfire.com/biz5/puru777/ss1.htm

Yeah I read about that but do you see the Polaroid in bottom left hand corner

[Therila]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

There is a copy of this lithograph in ebay.

But does the one on eBay have a Polaroid in bottom left hand corner of him actually signing the lithograph

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Therila

But does the one on eBay have a Polaroid in bottom left hand corner of him actually signing the lithograph

Is the polaroid of him signing THE litho, or of him signing A litho.

Big difference...

[EddieP]

This is a perfect example of how provenance affects price. Even IF Ali signed your lithograph because your litho is associated with a well-known forger, it’s probably worth nothing.