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Can anyone tell me if this autographed basketball by kobe real or fake

kobefan1kobefan1 Posts: 494 ✭✭✭
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Hi I hope this work and the pic shows up real or fake this kobe ball?

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  • mcadamsmcadams Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭
    This is not what I thought this thread was going to be about.
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  • PigsPigs Posts: 761
    Why do you have a sparkler set off in that picture?
  • slaphappyslaphappy Posts: 145
    Is that Homer getting ready to moon the camera?
  • kobefan1kobefan1 Posts: 494 ✭✭✭
    Hi sorry guys my friend sent me that pic and wanted to know if it was real or not
  • WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
    There is no question in my mind that is a real basketball. I've seen quite a few in my day, too.

    Whether or not that is Kobe Bryant's signature, I have no idea.
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  • kobefan1kobefan1 Posts: 494 ✭✭✭
    Does anyone know?
  • MooseDogMooseDog Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭
    I have very limited experience with Kobe but I'll take a crack...the signature does resemble somewhat an early Kobe signature, however the pictures is not sharp enough to really make an educated guess.

    The thing that kind of bugs at me is the end of the signature, or the loop around the 8 and the 8 doesn't look quite right either.

    If your looking for an opinion, I'd lean towards no good.
  • kobefan1kobefan1 Posts: 494 ✭✭✭
    Hey thanks I'll ask him for a better pic of the ball.
  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    Not sure about the Kobe but I'm positive that Babe Ruth auto is fake
  • kobefan1kobefan1 Posts: 494 ✭✭✭
    He sent me this pic
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Pic is TOOOOOOOOOO small!
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  • kobefan1kobefan1 Posts: 494 ✭✭✭
    Do you know how to make it bigger? everytime I try and add attach it says it's to big.
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Here you go. Hope it helps you get a good opinion.

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    PS How much for your friends wrinkled sheets???? LOL
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  • kobefan1kobefan1 Posts: 494 ✭✭✭
    lol that I don't know. He knows im a kobe fan and said he will sell the ball to me for $250.00 if its real. Good deal?
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,438 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Here you go. Hope it helps you get a good opinion.

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    PS How much for your friends wrinkled sheets???? LOL >>

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  • gumbyfangumbyfan Posts: 5,168 ✭✭✭
    I would put it on ebay for a crazy BIN and then use PSA/DNA's quick opinion service. For the $7.49 charge (plus the eBay listing fees), it is an inexpensive alternative to actually submitting the item for authentication. Of course, there is no guarantee of authenticity given, just a quick opinion as the name indicates...but it would be as good or better than responses on a message board.

    Heck, if you wanted to avoid the eBay listing fees, you could just list it as a 7 day auction with an opening bid of $.99 and then cancel the listing after you get your quick opinion. It's not how I would do it, but it's another way.

    Another option would be to get a one month subscription to the "Real Autographs" area of psadna.com. link They have examples of real signatures there for you to compare against.

    Anyway...I hope this helps.

    Craig
  • vintagechrisvintagechris Posts: 468 ✭✭
    Save your time and your money. It is not real. For one it looks too deliberate. The K looks completely wrong. I am pretty sure he always starts his b in line with the o, not below it. But the thing that makes me absolutely sure is the #8. He never closed his 8's. They were always open in his old signature.
  • 1989FleerBillRipkencollector1989FleerBillRipkencollector Posts: 4,590
    I agreee with the above poster. Although I know nothing about his signature, the 8, where it's dark, was written over 2x and looks too slowly intentionally written, compared to the rest of the quickly written sig.
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  • JHS5120JHS5120 Posts: 1,968 ✭✭✭
    +1 for it being fake.

    I agree the "k" is WAY too deliberate it was drawn slow and the loop is perfect. See the PSA/DNA Kobe, the loop in the "k" is more of an oval and the lighter tone of ink shows that he draws the loop fast, which makes sense and is the reason it is not a perfect circle. Your friends basketball on the other hand is bold throughout meaning the sharpie was used slowly. The same can be applied to the "8" in the PSA/DNA example it is fast but the other example it is not. 100% fake IMO, sorry.
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  • CarsonPalmerCarsonPalmer Posts: 387 ✭
    I have to agree with the posters above..the 8 is a dead give away!
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  • JustfishinjjJustfishinjj Posts: 113 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Here you go. Hope it helps you get a good opinion.

    image

    PS How much for your friends wrinkled sheets???? LOL >>



    Promise us, if you do end up getting the ball and making some $$ off of it....get a new mattress and sheets. Those have S.e.X written all over them...
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