Thanks to all on the 3000 K autos -- They were legit!
jrdolan
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Awhile back, I posted some photos of a 3000 Strikeout Club poster that had been given to me by someone who thought it was legit but had no proof. It was signed by the 10 living members of that club at the time (The Big Unit had not reached 3000 K's when this poster was made). The signers were Ryan, Gibson, Seaver, Clemens, Niekro, Sutton, Perry, Jenkins, Blyleven and Carlton.
Most of you auto buffs thought it looked genuine. Based on that consensus, I sent it into PSA/DNA. With shipping, it cost about $120 to authenticate because of the number of autographs.
Well, I got the poster back and PSA/DNA has authenticated every one of the 10 signatures. They put a sticker on the poster, marked it with their invisible DNA thing, and issued the unique LOA (with photo and cert #) shown below.
I really appreciate the advice you folks gave, which gave me confidence to risk the expense and send it in for examination. Aside from Johnny Bench (maybe Rose and some other Reds), I have no expertise on autos. So the feedback on this board made all the difference. Thanks very much!
Now one more question. Any idea what this poster might sell for, now that's it proven authentic? Does framing it make any difference in the bidding? (Sure makes it harder to ship)
Most of you auto buffs thought it looked genuine. Based on that consensus, I sent it into PSA/DNA. With shipping, it cost about $120 to authenticate because of the number of autographs.
Well, I got the poster back and PSA/DNA has authenticated every one of the 10 signatures. They put a sticker on the poster, marked it with their invisible DNA thing, and issued the unique LOA (with photo and cert #) shown below.
I really appreciate the advice you folks gave, which gave me confidence to risk the expense and send it in for examination. Aside from Johnny Bench (maybe Rose and some other Reds), I have no expertise on autos. So the feedback on this board made all the difference. Thanks very much!
Now one more question. Any idea what this poster might sell for, now that's it proven authentic? Does framing it make any difference in the bidding? (Sure makes it harder to ship)
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Good luck, it is very nice.
Dave
i would frame it
congrats!
One guy that is white hot now and I, for the life of me, can't understand is Sandy Koufax! His auto balls are bringing very righteous bucks right now.
John - good luck - I know you need the dues!
your friend
Mike
He's been paying me back a bit at a time to avoid additional criminal charges (other than violating probation by gambling). Mostly it's been stuff for me to sell, and that's what this poster is. Being such a high roller at the casinos, he has received some perks in the shape of memorabilia over the years. Some of it wasn't genuine. You may recall a Yankees World Series bat that most people here thought had some fake signatures. That doesn't count because I couldn't attempt to sell it. There was a nice PSA 8 run of '54 Red Hearts, a PSA 8 Gretzky rookie, a PSA 8 Russell rookie and a bunch of other stuff.
One casino loved him so much that they gave him a $1,000 Home Depot gift card for Christmas. That became mine in exchange for knocking $500 off the debt. Since I wasn't planning to spend $1,000 of the Mastro money at Home Depot, I thought this was a fair deal.
Anyway, the debt is down to about $2,400. I'm hoping this poster will knock a nice chunk off that.
You would probably get $800-900+ for the $1000 card.
That sucks when you have someone you thought you could trust steal from you, but you should count yourself as lucky that the S.O.B. is out of your life and consider your loss as a net gain in karma. I know, I had a similar situation with an a**hole that stole, and I am very pleased to be rid of the little mutt. Just realize that you are better off than if the deceit had continued...
Dave