Is ASGS grading authentic?

bobbyw8469

..I have never heard of these guys, but a respected seller on Ebay has this thing.....the sig looks funny to me though......has anyone had any experience with these guys?? (no trolls looking to start trouble please).....

ThoseBackPages

No.

Stone193

Boy - I guess there's a never ending supply!

ACRONYM GRADING COMPANY WEB ADDRESS
AGS Advanced Grading Specialists www.advancedgrading.com
ASA Accugrade www.asa-accugrade.com/sportscard.htm
BCCG Beckett Collector's Club Grading www.beckett.com
BGS Beckett Grading Services www.beckett.com
CEX Certified Express
CGS Champs Grading Service
CSA Certified Sports Authentication
CTA CTA Grading Experts
FGA Foremost Grading Authority
FGS Finest Grading Service
GAI Global Authentication, Inc. www.gacard.net
GEM GEM Grading, Inc.
GMC Grade My Cards www.grademycards.com
IGS International Grading Service www.igsgrading.com
KSA KSA Sports Card Authenticator
MGS Mint Grading Services www.mintgrading.com
NASA North American Sportscard Authentications
PGC Premier Grading Company www.premier-grading.com
PGS Professional Grading Services
PRO PRO Sports Grading
PSA Professional Sports Authenicator www.psacard.com
SCD SCD Authentic
SGC Sportscard Gauranty LLC www.sgccard.com
TGA TracerGrade
USA Ultimate Sports Authority
WCG World Class Grading www.worldclassgrading.com

thunderdan

ASGS=ass sucking groping society.

So, no, I haven't had any experience with them. Neither should you.

csmtampa

The Mantle sig is authentic.

Am I still considered a troll now?

boooo hoooooo

CrazyMind2017

I also think the signature looks good.

Probably a reprint!

otwcards

<< <i>The Mantle sig is authentic.

Am I still considered a troll now?

boooo hoooooo >>



No, I'm the troll.

Perhaps I'm the only one, but I'm not comfortable with the signature. I may be wrong, but it appears to have too many characteristics from different eras without being identifiable to a specific period.

bobbyw8469

I am with you Scott. I think the sig is no good. I remember watching 60 minutes one night and it had an episode dedicated to a man who can forge all these different famous ball players signatures. His were really good......anyway, I don't think the Mick signed this card.

MULLINS5

I don't know anything about Mantle's autograph.

PSA will slab signed counterfeits and reprints.

My guess is the seller or submitter couldn't get this in a JSA or PSA slab.

CrazyMind2017

Giving it a closer look, I don't like the i, y, a or n. The other eight letters look perfect, 1980s era.

It's also important to keep in mind that a card has less available signing space than most photos, and when we see one name on top of another, it's usually an indication that there wasn't enough space to sign both first and last names straight across. Occasionally this can cause some of the letters to be slightly distorted compared to a "perfect" signature.

ga5150

Edit to correct...I meant the M to the I, not the A. But now that I look again, I don't know what the heck I was trying to say in the first post.


I'm looking at the first two letters of the first name. On the slabbed card, the transition from the M to the A is one continuous stroke. On the photo, the same transition is clearly two separate strokes where the pen was lifted after completing the M, and starting the A.

With that said, I'm definitely not an expert in signatures, but this caught my eye. Was this variation normal for Mantle?


Rodney

CrazyMind2017

I see a pen lift after all four Ms.

Stone193

<< <i>..I have never heard of these guys, but a respected seller on Ebay has this thing.....the sig looks funny to me though......has anyone had any experience with these guys?? (no trolls looking to start trouble please).....

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I stink at sigs - is the one I'm showing here real?