basketball auto experts...Any help here?

dizzle

I'm not a big fan of GAI but i am a big fan of 1980's fleer basketball. Any opinions on these autos?
I would like to pick them up. But do not want to throw my money away either.. should i just keep walking?
Thanks for any help.

Dustin.

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Leiascards

The Malones look good, not sure about the rest.

dizzle

<< <i>The Malones look good, not sure about the rest. >>



cool thanks.. the rodman looks good as well. he signed like that in the late 80's
I just have heard more negative than positive as of late and was looking for some insight. thanks

dtsa

i got an in person barkley that makes me think that it is good.
just my 2 cents.

AkbarClone

Are these all part of one lot, or are they separate items for sale?

The reason I ask is that last year, a dealer I have bought many autographs from, sent me a batch of autographed cards that also had a Barkley autographed card in the batch (I think there may actually have been two Barkley's in the batch). They look almost exactly like the GAI certified above.
It does not really fit into any collections I have going at the moment.

If these are separate auctions, you could save the money on the Barkley, and I'd sell you one of mine for cheaper than the one above--and if you do not like it when you get it, you can return it for a full refund. Just a thought, unless you would prefer to have a GAI authenticated version (mine is still unslabbed).

dizzle

Thanks for the insight guys. AkbarClone is yours a 1988 fleer as well? i would be interested.

edit to add: they are seperate not as a lot.

AkbarClone

I can't recall offhand at this moment, but I'm pretty sure one (or both) were on Fleer cards. I'll pull them out when I get home from work and send you a PM.

dizzle

Thanks

jlzinck

Hakeem looks like the Autographics I had.

gregm13

Not too be a downer, but I've cracked 2 Rice autographs that were GAI authenticated and submitted to PSA/DNA and both came back as questionable authentication.

I don't trust GAI auto authentication at all! I'm my opinion, people only send autographs to GAI that wouldn't pass a reputable authencator such as PSA/DNA, JSA, ect..

Regards,

Greg M.

Tunispaul

I am completing an autographed 1989-1990 Hoops set. I have looked at, purchased, traded, TTM, got in person many hundreds of autographs from this time period. In my opinion, they all look good to me. I am not an expert, though. I think that some of these autographs are very weak, though. I am actually very close to completing this set, but I have been working on it since the time it was released. I do have extras of most players, since I have been upgrading signatures as well, if anyone is interested in a few.

mexisar

After GAI graded all these fake autos that came from the fleer auction unsigned I lost respect for them. To me its easy to see the same person signed all of them. First the ebay sellers were trying to sell them without GAI, but collectors were telling they don't even exist and that they are fake, they got GAI to authenticate them






I think the only one that does exist autographed is the bird. (I have attach a scan of that one aswell)

taka

I also do not like GAI autograph authentication. I've seen many Gretzky GAI certified autos that look very questionable. I do have several GAI autos in my collection but they were in person authentication at one of the Hollywood Park shows.

jimq112

I hate to pile on, but I have also seen some bogus autographs slabbed by GAI.

GOODLIEU

If you take a look at my Basketball Hall of Fame set I have scans of factory authenticated cards of Barkley and Magic. Hope they help you out.

brianwintersfan

<< <i>people only send autographs to GAI that wouldn't pass a reputable authencator such as PSA/DNA, JSA, ect.. >>



I Don't Trust Any Of Them 100% Of The Time

dizzle

Yeah after thinking about I decided to just pass on them..They may be legit? but I think I will wait for something else I'd be more comfortable dealing with PSA/DNA or JSA..Thank for everybody's input.

brianwintersfan

<< <i>but I think I will wait for something else I'd be more comfortable dealing with PSA/DNA or JSA >>



Check out the website link in my previous post and you may not trust any of them.