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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.
Standish served as Vice President of Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) and launched PSA/DNA First autograph Sammy Sosa- authentication from 1996 to 2001. During that time, Standish authenticated a number of high-profile sports items including Mark McGwire’s 70th home run ball [13] and Henry Aaron’s 715th home run bat and ball. [14]
Autograph collecting is the practice of collecting autographs of famous persons. Some of the most popular categories of autograph subjects are politicians, military soldiers, athletes, movie stars, artists, social and religious leaders, scientists, astronauts, and authors.
Robert L. White (c. 1949 – October 11, 2003) was a collector of Kennedyiana and other presidential memorabilia. [1] Many of his John F. Kennedy relics were acquired from Kennedy's secretary Evelyn Lincoln. [1] White also collected skulls and scalps, and had a business card that read "Robert L. White, Baltimore's #1 Head Hunter". [2]
Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) is an American third-party coin grading, authentication, attribution, and encapsulation service founded in 1985. The intent of its seven founding dealers, including the firm's former president David Hall, was to standardize grading.
An autograph show (or, alternatively, autograph meeting, autograph signing or autograph convention) is an event where the public, mostly autograph collectors or fans of an attending celebrity, gather to collect autographs from someone famous who attends to meet fans and sign items for them.
Autograph Collector Magazine was a U.S. magazine for autograph collectors.The magazine was started in 1986. [1] They offered news, celebrity interviews and addresses, in-person signing event listings, counterfeit-detection articles, and in-depth articles on collecting autographs from people in various professions, from sports to Hollywood to business and more.
Another notable figure was John Olson, who forged around 10,000 autographs, the majority of which were Muhammad Ali. [ 6 ] The forgers used a variety of methods to make their memorabilia appear authentic, including buying old books to use the aged paper inside for autographs, [ 2 ] aging baseballs in shellac, storing memorabilia in bags of dog ...