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2. Collectors Universe - Wikipedia

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   Collectors Universe Inc. is an American company formed in 1986, now based in Santa Ana, California, which provides third-party authentication and grading services to collectors, retail buyers and sellers of collectibles. Its authentication services focus on coins, trading cards, sports memorabilia, and autographs.

3. Major League Baseball Authentication Program - Wikipedia

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   Major League Baseball started running an authentication program in 2001 after the FBI "Operation Bullpen" became widely publicized. Phase 1 of Operation Bullpen began in 1999 and uncovered $100 million worth of memorabilia-related forgeries. [1]

4. Sports memorabilia - Wikipedia

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   Collectors of sports memorabilia may seek to authenticate items to prove their veracity. Autographed items are nearly always more valuable than non-autographed items. [7] Sports memorabilia items are considered good investments by collectors, as the industry and prices of items grow rapidly. [8]

5. Beckett Media - Wikipedia

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   Beckett Media operates a sports card grading service named Beckett Grading Services. This service holds the exclusive rights to grade and authenticate trading cards from the Topps Vault. [12] [13] In 2016, Beckett Media inaugurated an autograph verification enterprise called Beckett Authentication Services. Today, it stands as one of the ...

6. Certificate of authenticity - Wikipedia

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   A certificate of authenticity (COA) is a seal or small sticker on a proprietary computer program, t-shirt, jersey, or any other memorabilia or art work, especially in the world of computers and sports. It is commonly a seal on paper authenticating a specific art work which and is made to demonstrate that the item is authentic.

7. Professional Sports Authenticator - Wikipedia

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   Initially, many sports card dealers were against the concept of relying on an external organization to evaluate and grade their cards. They declined to utilize card grading services. However, over time, there was a significant change in the market's perspective, leading to a strong demand for graded cards.