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Blogs - How I Think the Card Industry Will Be Saved
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 7:21 am | Filed Under Cool Sites, Cards, Beckett, Tuff Stuff, Authentication
Way back in 2004 when I started SportsLizard I couldn’t find too many other sites where collectors spoke their minds. In the past four years my role in the industry has changed. I went from collector, to collector who owned a collectibles business and wrote about it, to business owner who rarely collects and spends […]
Fake Patch Report Aims to Clean Up Hobby
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 11:27 pm | Filed Under Cards, Authentication
Remember back in August when a scam artist was busted on the Beckett forum for trying to sell off a Ciatrick Fason fake patch card? At the time I said:
Aside from the amusement, here’s what I get out of this: card companies in conjunction with the collecting community on the web are the best […]
JSA Authenticator Busted on Camera
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 10:17 pm | Filed Under Authentication
Listen, I’m not the biggest fan of “investigative” news reports. They generally are out to prove whatever they want to prove, and can always paint the picture that aligns with their views if they get enough footage. However, this report by Fox in Chicago is pretty telling.
Essentially, a reporter goes to a show […]
More Evidence That You Should Think Twice About Authentication
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 8:53 pm | Filed Under Authentication
I’ve always been critical of authenticators (see The Problem with Autograph Authentication and other authentication posts), but I think others are starting to wise up to authentication services and not take their opinions as blind truth anymore. I’ve long been planning a large scale experiment to show just how in-exact their science is - […]
Authenticators Scamming eBay Sellers
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 1:18 pm | Filed Under Authentication
We all understand that eBay has to closely monitor it’s auctions, but lately it’s been getting out of hand. They recently pulled the infamous George Washington DNA Relic card for being in the “wrong category”, and have been on a crusade to rid auctions of any fake autographs. One problem - how can […]
Scam Artist Busted on Beckett Forum
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 10:40 am | Filed Under NFL, Beckett, Authentication
This thread on Beckett from last week is probably my favorite of all-time. Here’s how it went:
Guy posts fake Ciatrick Fason logo patch card on eBay numbered 322/699
Card gets pulled off eBay because Upper Deck says it’s a fake
Guy complains on Beckett forum, hoping to sell it there.
Hard core collector who has a photo […]
Autograph Fading and Authentication
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 1:49 pm | Filed Under Tuff Stuff, Authentication
It’s no secret that I’m not a huge fan of authentication. Just like any collector with half a brain, I see the potential value in it if done correctly, but I also see all of the pitfalls with the way things are done now and am not afraid to criticize. In the “On […]