By now most everyone has probably seen the article about Dak Prescott using autopen to sign the signatures on his 2016 Panini Prizm redemption card as reported by Beckett Authentication Services' expert Steve Grad. Panini is currently "investigating" what happened and Dak's representatives have no idea how those cards got over to Panini.
167 cards were purportedly signed by Dax, and Panini is planning to reissue the cards with a special Dax holograph to prove that this time they are in fact authentic.
What are your thoughts on this story, do you think autopen and secretarial signatures happen more often on these trading cards then we realize? What can the card companies do to prevent this from happening in the future? Do you take the companies word for it when collecting pack pulled autographs, or do you always send them in for 3rd party authentication and grading?
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19841...-autograph
167 cards were purportedly signed by Dax, and Panini is planning to reissue the cards with a special Dax holograph to prove that this time they are in fact authentic.
What are your thoughts on this story, do you think autopen and secretarial signatures happen more often on these trading cards then we realize? What can the card companies do to prevent this from happening in the future? Do you take the companies word for it when collecting pack pulled autographs, or do you always send them in for 3rd party authentication and grading?
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19841...-autograph