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PSA/DNA fails?

austinchauaustinchau Posts: 360
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Do any of you guys ever got an autograph that you know it's authentic (from in-person signing) but PSA/DNA claims that it's fake?
"For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain" - Apostle Paul - Philippians 1:21

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  • Ladder7Ladder7 Posts: 1,221 ✭
    yep yep
    some cards
  • MooseDogMooseDog Posts: 1,948 ✭✭✭
    Yes too.
  • neenishneenish Posts: 559 ✭
    Yes. I have a Joe DiMaggio autograph on his restaurant placemat that I got when I was a kid back in the 70's (I was visiting relatives in the Bay area). I remember getting it with my mom at his restaurant. He had one of those 70's style, multi-colored jackets on and I specifically remember him having a neck brace on. We walked up to him as he was leaving and he autographed his placemat (inscribed To Brian, Joe DiMaggio). Some of the auto got ruined during a flood, but you can still make it completly out, so I just wanted some way of protecting it by getting it slabbed authentic. Well, around the year 2000 or so, I sent it in for slabbage and it came back questionable (I believe that was the terminology used). WTF? I got the auto my self (along with about 10 other people that day). I'll try to dig it up and post it.

    Brian
  • austinchauaustinchau Posts: 360
    So what can you do when that happened? I mean ... perhaps JSA or GAI can do a better job?

    "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain" - Apostle Paul - Philippians 1:21
  • austinchauaustinchau Posts: 360
    How about re-submitting hoping that some other "expert" this time will get it right?
    "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain" - Apostle Paul - Philippians 1:21
  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭
    I had a Babe Ruth ball I got signed in person at a card show in 1995 that PSA said was fake.
  • jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭
    I also had it happen, but I would rather PSA err on the side of caution. Since I watched them sign the cards, I know they're legit, and I just wanted them slabbed for protection.
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  • neenishneenish Posts: 559 ✭


    << <i>I had a Babe Ruth ball I got signed in person at a card show in 1995 that PSA said was fake. >>



    I was at the same show, but I waited in the Lou Gehrig line...that ball got shot down as well..It now sits on the fireplace mantle next to my original Mona Lisa painting I found at a garage sale last week..
  • neenishneenish Posts: 559 ✭
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  • SportsModerator2SportsModerator2 Posts: 1,736 mod
    Just to set the record straight on some historical facts.

    We don't have a holder big enough to encapsulate a place mat, then or now. We didn't start encapsulating autographed pieces until 2003.

    Carol
  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    that would be some slab brian!!!!!!! you could go off the ski shute at snowshoe here on top of a slab that bigimage
  • PoppaJPoppaJ Posts: 2,818 ✭


    << <i>that would be some slab brian!!!!!!! you could go off the ski shute at snowshoe here on top of a slab that bigimage >>



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  • BobSBobS Posts: 1,738 ✭✭
    Have a Big Mac ball I got signed in person, late 80's or early 90's.

    Decided to send it in back during the big home run chase when his sigs were selling for a ton.

    Came back with the ? auth. letter.

    Booooo.

    Missed making a little cash on that one.
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