by wlperie » Sun Aug 02, 2009 3:05 am
cdunn wrote:Excuse me?
I'm not sure what you're basing that opinion off of, but please keep in mind this was not a formal sit-down signing as most Obama autos usually are. This was quick, in passing, and with a pen I provided. He signed it without having the luxury of setting the card on a table and it was signed in less than a second. He had one (I'm guessing they were) Secret Service member on each side but still shook hands and signed what people were holding.
You are free to believe whatever you would like, but you can never be 100% of any authenticity one way or the other. Considering the majority of these items I acquired TTM, I am only "fairly certain" as to the authenticity of the bulk of them. The Shawn Michaels and Barack Obama signatures were obtained in person.
I also read another person's post that claimed Obama does NOT sign at events; that he only signs book and does that backstage. That he won't even grab the items himself, Secret Service does. I am not doubting his/her claim that they went to ~6 Obama events, but that is a small sample size to judge all events. Here are numerous pictures of Obama signing in public or grabbing items himself to sign at various events:
http://www.blackfive.net/photos/uncateg ... 104384.jpg
http://www.unionleader.com/uploads/medi ... ama317.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j32/c ... pollo1.jpg
http://z.about.com/d/chicago/1/0/K/3/-/ ... enDunn.JPG
http://www.nancarrow-webdesk.com/wareho ... 9784_t.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09Y ... r/340x.jpg
I think I have proven my point, but each person has the right to believe whatever he or she so desires.
EDIT: I do not want one item's authenticity coming into question to thwart others' purchases, so I will take Obama's signature off my sell-list.
I am the one who made the claim that Obama would have the secret service grab autos and that he would not take them himself. You have no reason to doubt my claim that I went to 6 rallys. I have photos from all of them to prove it and even have a pic of myself with him.
Every single rally I went to was within the last 2 months of the campaign. I live in Ohio, he was here a lot. I was trying to make the point that he was not grabbing items at the point in the campaign which the photo was "supposedly" signed in (as indicated by the ticket in that post).
I have four Obama autographs, two of which are PSA DNA authenticated. I have seen MANY Obama autographs. I would really like to see the picture of yours. I can tell you if they are authentic or not at a simple glance. For some reason, they are not posted right now.
[quote="cdunn"]Excuse me?
I'm not sure what you're basing that opinion off of, but please keep in mind this was not a formal sit-down signing as most Obama autos usually are. This was quick, in passing, and with a pen I provided. He signed it without having the luxury of setting the card on a table and it was signed in less than a second. He had one (I'm guessing they were) Secret Service member on each side but still shook hands and signed what people were holding.
You are free to believe whatever you would like, but you can never be 100% of any authenticity one way or the other. Considering the majority of these items I acquired TTM, I am only "fairly certain" as to the authenticity of the bulk of them. The Shawn Michaels and Barack Obama signatures were obtained in person.
I also read another person's post that claimed Obama does NOT sign at events; that he only signs book and does that backstage. That he won't even grab the items himself, Secret Service does. I am not doubting his/her claim that they went to ~6 Obama events, but that is a small sample size to judge all events. Here are numerous pictures of Obama signing in public or grabbing items himself to sign at various events:
http://www.blackfive.net/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/21/barak_104384.jpg
http://www.unionleader.com/uploads/media-items/2007/november/nov28obama317.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j32/casperr67/ObamaApollo1.jpg
http://z.about.com/d/chicago/1/0/K/3/-/-/ObamaWhiteSox4StephenDunn.JPG
http://www.nancarrow-webdesk.com/warehouse/storage2/2009-w00/img.449784_t.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09YTejT2C5cJr/340x.jpg
I think I have proven my point, but each person has the right to believe whatever he or she so desires.
EDIT: I do not want one item's authenticity coming into question to thwart others' purchases, so I will take Obama's signature off my sell-list.[/quote]
I am the one who made the claim that Obama would have the secret service grab autos and that he would not take them himself. You have no reason to doubt my claim that I went to 6 rallys. I have photos from all of them to prove it and even have a pic of myself with him.
Every single rally I went to was within the last 2 months of the campaign. I live in Ohio, he was here a lot. I was trying to make the point that he was not grabbing items at the point in the campaign which the photo was "supposedly" signed in (as indicated by the ticket in that post).
I have four Obama autographs, two of which are PSA DNA authenticated. I have seen MANY Obama autographs. I would really like to see the picture of yours. I can tell you if they are authentic or not at a simple glance. For some reason, they are not posted right now.