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.
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.
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.
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.
- 1994 SP Alex Rodriguez Rookie Cards
The 1994 SP Alex Rodriguez is arguably his best know rookie card. Many people do not know that there are actually three versions produced of Alex ...
- Arod Rookie Card Checklist
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 S...
- 1994 Upper Deck Alex Rodriguez Rookie
Alex Rodriguez is not far from breaking the Major League record for Homeruns in a career. Even though Barry Bonds has broken this record recently man...
Alex Rodriguez autographed items are very valuable and can be hard to find. PSA/DNA Authentication as well as James Spence enterprises have become the leading autograph authentication companies in the United States. If you are looking to purchase any Alex Rodriguez autograph I would recommend that you purchase them only of they have been authenticated by one of these companies or if you get the autograph personally. There are many fakes and forgeries which can lead you to lose a lot of money. Below we have listed some of Alex Rodriguez more popular autographed items that have been professionally authenticated and are currently being sold on ebay.
Alex Rodriguez PSA/DNA Autograph
Alex Rodriguez Autographed Jersey
The best Alex Rodriguez Jersey’s are the one’s that are authentic MLB game Jersey’s. If they are not authentic game jersey’s they normally sell for a little less.
Alex Rodriguez Autographed Game Used Items
There has been a recent popularity of many baseball card companies purchasing game used player items and putting them inside new baseball cards. These cards have been selling for ridiculous amounts of money and can be very hard to find.
