Who arethe most reliable COA's for Autographed Bats

craig19

I am putting together a collection of these and want to make sure I get "real stuff". Who do you suggest are the best comapny COA's?

MooseDog

Spence (JSA) and PSA/DNA are at the moment going to give you the most bank for your buck when you try to sell (at least for now).

PSA has recently hired a couple of autograph authenticators with "less than stellar" reputations which give me pause, and JSA is getting big enough to where James Spence himself no longer reviews everything sent it and I'm seeing more and more dubious sigs with both companies stamp of approval.

The authentication business is becoming a "who you know" kind of deal where big money trumps integrity.

craig19

thanks for the advise....just as i thought. If anyone else has had luck with other companies, please chime in....

chb

Not complete, but a solid starter list of bigger companies (not necessarily for bats but in general):
Steiner Sports
Mounted Memories
Schwartz Sports
TriStar
Upper Deck
SuperStar Greetings

vintagetoppsguy

I just sold a ton of autographed bats on eBay. These were from my personal collection. Most of them were PSA/DNA or TriStar. I prefer TriStar, because they are local to me (Houston). For autographs, I like the Louisville Slugger Hillerich & Bradsby bats as opposed the the Rawlings Big Stick bats (or any others). I bought several years ago, but can't seem to find them any more and I'm not sure they still make them. I still have a Ernie Banks bat left that wasn't paid for if you're interested. I just re-listed it a few days ago.

Banks Bat