Grandstand Sports?
SDavid
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A collector recently emailed me a list of autographed items, several of which had Grandstand Sports as the COA with the rest being from Steiner. I couldn't find any info on grandstand other than some ebay listings that had them as their coa. Anybody had any experience trying to cross over their stuff to psa/dna or jsa?
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I personally would not waiste my time with them.
Dave
<< <i>I believe grandstand only authenticates items signed infront of them. They bacially have exclusive signings and authenticate only those items.
I personally would not waiste my time with them.
Dave >>
Don't know anything about Grandstand, but a COA should only be issued with items signed in front of you; how can that be a negative? I'd be more concerned if they issued COA's for items that weren't signed in front of them.
When their inventory is gone, when what? These places always have the same items for sale. I personally don't trust them. These no name companies often sell questionable auto's. Inventory is gone, get some fakes. just put the COA with it.
I can print all the COA's I want, they mean nothing unless it's from a reputable company (PSA, JSA).
I've collected autographs for over 20 years. COA's are for suckers. I have a computer and a printer, any questions.
If you pay money for any autograph worth anything get it authenticated and encased.
Grandstand? You can't find any info, avoid. Unless you know the players signatures, and you know they are authentic. I'm not a big fan of Steiner either. Their is no premium for a steiner auto, to a COA autograph to no COA.
In my opinion these are the bottom of the barrell.
Dave
<< <i>The issue is they do not authenticate anything.
When their inventory is gone, when what? These places always have the same items for sale. I personally don't trust them. These no name companies often sell questionable auto's. Inventory is gone, get some fakes. just put the COA with it.
I can print all the COA's I want, they mean nothing unless it's from a reputable company (PSA, JSA).
I've collected autographs for over 20 years. COA's are for suckers. I have a computer and a printer, any questions.
If you pay money for any autograph worth anything get it authenticated and encased.
Grandstand? You can't find any info, avoid. Unless you know the players signatures, and you know they are authentic. I'm not a big fan of Steiner either. Their is no premium for a steiner auto, to a COA autograph to no COA.
In my opinion these are the bottom of the barrell.
Dave >>
In before poof. Nice job completely slandering a reputable company. They've always been way overpriced, but their stuff is good. Your post makes me want to puke, not because I have any stake in Grandstand Sports, but because this whole idea that only PSA and JSA are reputable and everyone else is automatically a dirty crook and guilty until proven innocent is ruining the hobby. I suppose Steiner, Upper Deck, and Mounted Memories only sell fraudulent items, since they don't authenticate signatures that they didn't witness being signed?
Grandstand Sports and Memorabilia Website
Anyways I would have to say a witnessed autograph signing is far more trustworthy than a 3rd party authentication service that is using nothing more than an (hopefully) educated best guess.