Celebrity Autographs

Celebrity Autographs collection and the money making possibilities are endless. Recently BGS (Beckett Grading) and JSA (James Spence Authenticators) teamed up to both grade and authenticate sports cards that are signed by collectors as opposed to the reputable sports card companies like Topps, Donruss, Fleer, and Upper Deck and their in-house autographed product.

In a Beckett Sports Publication a few months back and also shared in the Beckett newsletter which I receive bi-monthly, Beckett and James Spense Authenticators now authenticate and also encase autographs and photos that are not the standard sports card sizes.

James Spence Authenticators

Beckett and James Spence Authenticators works the authentication magic in a two-part process, first the item in question is verified at James Spence Authenticators and authenticated as an original piece of autographed memorabilia, then the item gets sent to Beckett for encasing and an actual grade if so desired, you can have the item just slabbed as authentic, if you so desire. I can tell you that it has not made a difference in the overall sale of a sports card in my collection, whether or not the autograph gets an 8 or 9 so long as the autograph is not flawed, and the item in questions is desired than it will obtain a nice sale price. There is no doubt that this service offers security and peace of mind.

I have sent a few cards through the process and I can tell you that the process pretty much sticks to the shipping and handling guidelines. They issue an expected to receive date (standard 20 days) as opposed to the guarantee times on the sports cards but overall a professional procedure. My history with Beckett includes one lost subscription in about 40 orders. I was however fully reimbursed with my collections insured cost. On the Beckett form for submissions, you are given the opportunity to state a value for all the cards that you submit for grading. My advice is that you do not sell yourself short on the values of your cards, because in the grading submissions guidelines Beckett and James Spence will pay you strictly on your insured amount.

For example one of the cards you submit is valued at $25.00, if you put $10.00 then simply that is what you get in the event that the card or order should get lost. I must admit that once in a while in my laziness, I would just take a guess at the value of the sports cards, I no longer do that for the obvious reasons. Beckett and James Spence offer a nice product and it is a nice way to solidify the autographed collectible that you have had in your collection, before the sports card companies began including autographed cards in their products. Submit your cards today to this new and neat submissions procedure.