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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ALEX RODRIGUEZ AUTOGRAPH SIGNED BASEBALL CARD AUTO US $21.59 (10 Bids) Auction Ends: Tuesday Mar-09-2010 16:28:12 PST | Watch this Item |
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ALEX RODRIGUEZ AUTOGRAPH JERSEY PATCH AUTO 1 / 1 US $755.00 Auction Ends: Tuesday Mar-09-2010 17:49:15 PST | Watch this Item |
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Alex Rodriguez Signed Baseball Batting Helmet Autograph US $299.00 (0 Bid) Auction Ends: Tuesday Mar-09-2010 18:00:25 PST | Watch this Item |
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ALEX RODRIGUEZ 1997 Bowman AUTOGRAPH #51/225! US $20.50 (3 Bids) Auction Ends: Tuesday Mar-09-2010 18:14:19 PST | Watch this Item |
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1998 SP CHIROGRAPHY ALEX RODRIGUEZ AUTOGRAPH AUTO #AR US $63.29 (6 Bids) Auction Ends: Tuesday Mar-09-2010 19:33:33 PST | Watch this Item |
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2001 UD LEGENDS ALEX RODRIGUEZ AROD AUTOGRAPH AUTO BAT US $56.05 (5 Bids) Auction Ends: Tuesday Mar-09-2010 19:51:31 PST | Watch this Item |
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ALEX RODRIGUEZ 2001 AUTHENTIC UD AUTOGRAPH GAME JERSEY US $109.95 Auction Ends: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 9:22:49 PST | Watch this Item |
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02 Don Elite Throwback Threads Autograph Alex Rodriguez US $579.00 Auction Ends: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 16:30:39 PST | Watch this Item |
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2007 ALLEN & GINTER AUTOGRAPH ALEX RODRIGUEZ YANKEES US $350.00 Auction Ends: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 18:13:29 PST | Watch this Item |
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ALEX RODRIGUEZ AUTO 2007 TRIPLE THREADS AUTOGRAPH #1/1! US $252.49 (10 Bids) Auction Ends: Wednesday Mar-10-2010 18:30:31 PST | Watch this Item |
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