After he acquired the book, the Old Man, visibly upset, sent him to their rare book dealer who after showing him a known example of Jackson's signature had to break the bad news to Rick. Submission to PSA/DNA did not help Rick's case either and now he is stuck with a bogus autograph. Knowing that no business person can afford to take a loss like that, my concern is, what is going to happen to that autograph now?
Here is the only known example of a "Shoeless" Joe Jackson signature that all the major authenticators can agree upon as being legit. The ONLY one and yet how many have we seen in the marketplace in recent years?
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He can sell it fake but "as seen on tv" and get a few extra bucks out of it.
moe.
Even though we all know the autograph is fake, Rick should still send the autograph to another authentication grading company to see if he learns anything new about the autograph. Hopefully any other company won't tell him that the autograph is real. What I can't understand is how Rick could make such a rookie mistake (personally, I would never buy that autograph for that kind of money)? Didn't he get any help from a autograph expert? How hard would it be for him to buy a book on autographs or ask other collectors online (like at autographmagazine.com) or in the neighborhood if they know anything about real autographs? And no offense to the old man, Corey, or Chum Lee (they do the best they can, but when they are stumped...), but would it hurt Rick's business to hire a collector of memorabilia, artwork, etc., to tell him the real from the fake? Well Rick, if want to hire any collectors, give us a call!
This show is as fake as the signature.
I think the real issue is how the few times Rick has gotten burnt real badly is because he was greedy in not bringing the appraiser into the shop so the seller would find out that the book is really worth $100,000 if authentic.
Before the history channel started filming in the pawn shop, Rick would never allow sellers to be present in front of the appraisals of his experts that he brings in.
In this Shoeless Joe Jackson, its funny how Rick says that he was did not want the book to leave the shop and risk not coming back. He did not even ask the customer if he is willing to wait for the appraiser nor did the Customer indicate he was in a rush. Sometimes he shows his old sleazeball pawn broker real self
I will pay $500.If Rick signs it I made a big mistake buying this Book.And If he will get his Dad ,Son and of cause Chumley call me Brent
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