![]() “They’ve locked everybody else out.”īut even the general manager of an auction house that sells scores of Morales-authenticated pieces each year says he doesn’t have a lot of confidence in Morales. ![]() ![]() “The field is a virtual monopoly,” he says. Morales told the Daily News he has been blackballed from major sports auction houses because they want to use authenticators who will toe their party lines. Lelands president Mike Heffner is even more dismissive: “I can’t tell you that I’ve ever seen anything he’s authenticated that is actually real.” I’m just saying it’s not a valuable use of our time.” “If somebody says they have a piece they want to consign that has been authenticated by Christopher Morales, we choose not to pursue it. “We will never use Morales,” says Rob Lifson, president of Robert Edward Auctions. “It appears to be authentic,” Bryan said.īut for many sports memorabilia collectors and dealers, “scientific training” doesn’t mean much, and a Morales certificate of authenticity is not worth the paper it is printed on. He says he submitted the “Revolver” to a second forensic document examiner, E’lyn Bryan, who reached a similar conclusion as Morales. “He has scientific training,” says Gladstone. Morales’ Web site says he is a former Secret Service agent with extensive education and experience in forensic sciences. Gladstone, however, says Caiazzo is a memorabilia midget compared to Christopher Morales, the authenticator who originally signed off on the “Revolver” cover and works extensively with ARA. He has acquired thousands of exemplars, and has worked as a consultant to Sotheby’s, Christie’s and other prominent auction houses. Caiazzo says he is a self-taught expert who learned his trade by studying Beatles signatures – and only Beatles signatures – for decades. ![]() “He has a terrific conflict of interest,” Gladstone says.Ĭaiazzo says he didn’t need to examine the actual cover because the signatures are crude forgeries. ![]()
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