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Here we will discuss some of the best companies that will authenticate your Alex Rodriguez autographed memorabilia. Some of these third-party companies have years of experience in determining a real Alex Rodriguez autographed from a fake. These companies normally charge $50 to have an Alex Rodriguez autographed authenticated. If the autographed is deemed to be real they will send you a professional letter of authenticity. This letter is a type of guarantee that your autograph is authentic. Many people who buy Alex Rodriguez autographed memorabilia online will want some form of documentation to make sure that their purchase is that of a real autograph and not a counterfeit. Signed Alex Rodriguez number to can be very expensive so many consumers want to make sure that what they’re buying is real. I’m sure you can’t blame someone for investing in an expensive item and wanting some type of documentation. Another great way to show a customer that they are purchasing authentic Alex Rodriguez autograph is by having a picture taken with Alex signing the item. This can be very helpful if you decide to sell your memorabilia one-day. Here are some of the few companies that will authenticate your memorabilia and some of the prices that they charge.

PSA/DNA- PSA has been in the industry for over 15 years and is well known in hobby. Their pricing structure is reasonable and their professionalism is second to none. They are considered to be one of the best authentication companies in the United States. They are also one of the most expensive. Be ready to lay out $50-$100 to have your Alex Rodriguez autographed item authenticated.

Beckett- Beckett is also a leader in the industry when it comes to autograph authentication. They have teamed up with well renowned authenticator James Spence. James used to work with the FBI and is considered one of the best in the industry.

GMA Grading- Is one of the newest companies that has entered our list. There pricing structure is very affordable and there turn-around times are great as well. We will keep on eye on them as well as they are the most affordable from the bunch but are not as well know as of yet.

All of these companies can help your Alex Rodriguez items authenticated as well as any other players you may want to consider. Authentic Alex Rodriguez autographs will always been great collectibles.

In the recent Mastro auction an Alex Rodriguez SP rookie card graded 9.5 Sold for $3500.  This is a lot of money but take into consideration that this card sold in the past for over $12,000.  So is it the economy, is it the lack of Alex Rodriguez fans?  I believe the cards was just over inflated in the baseball card boom.  I would just tell you beware of paying insane prices for cards that were printed in the 80′s and 90′s.

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Due to the value of Alex Rodriguez sports memorabilia there have been may recent attempts at forgeries or fakes of his autograph. Alex Rodriguez has formed his own corporation and company logo to help disperse his autographs in a way that can assure collector’s that the items are authentic and real. The problem with this is that many of the autographs are 30%-40% more expensive than many of the Alex Rodriguez autographs currently being sold in the market. We have devised some information to help you spot a good autograph from a forgery.

Authentication Companies

If you are in the market in purchasing an Alex Rodriguez autograph you might want to consider one’s that have been professionally graded or authenticated by a know grading company.  There are three known grading companies that we can currently recomend.

PSA/DNA

James Spence Authentication

GMA Grading

Ways to tell a Counterfeit Autograph

Most autographs that have been counterfeited or faked have strong break points in the signaature.  In another words the signatures is not fluid.  It shows in many spots that the counterfeiter has stopped the sharpie marker or pen to stop in a few different places to make sure that the autograph looks like the original.  This is extremly prevelant when the autograph has many rounded areas like in the letter “A” or “O”.

Another way to tell if an autograph is fake is simply by looking at the original letter by letter to review to see if they look the same.  This sounds pretty self explanatory but there are certain features in every signature that immediately stand out and if they are not alike than it is probably a fake.  The 1992 the FBI had a sting in the sports memorabilia industry looking for counterfeit autographs.  They believe that more than 60 % of the autographs being sold in the market are fakes.  This does not mean that the dealer or dealers selling them know that they are fake because they purchased them from other dealers who they thought were reputable.

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Here is a list of some of the best Alex Rodriguez Rookie cards

1994 SP Rookie
1994 SP Die-Cut Rookie
1994 SP Red Die-Cut Holoview Rookie
1994 SP Blue Holoview Rookie
1994 Upper Deck
1994 Upper Deck Electric Diamond
1994 Upper Deck Collector’s Choice
1994 Flair Rookie
1994 Score Rookie Traded
1994 Sportflics
1994 Score Rookie Traded
1994 Upper Deck Trade Card
1994 Leaf Limited Gold

If you are interested in purchasing some of these cards you can find them below. These items can be found on ebay.

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The 1994 Alex Rodriguez SP Holoview rookie is Alex’s best know card. There were only 1000 printed of the Blue Holoview Rookies as well as 242 of the Red Die-Cut Holoviews. As far as baseball cards go these are extremely rare compared to the hundreds of thousands of regularly printed Alex Rodriguez Rookie cards. If Alex can break Barry Bond’s Home run record expect these cards do exceed many milestone’s when it comes to the value of any baseball rookie card of all-time.

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