Autograph Authentication Expert | @pawnstars on @history | 24-yr Lead Authenticator @PSA_DNA & Beckett | Co-Owner @GradCollection | Husband to @stephisgreat72
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Joined August 2009
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Check out my latest full length video at my YouTube channel @AskSteveGrad where I take you inside the inner workings of forger Brett Lemieux and show never seen images of his forgeries. youtu.be/NodlKSq8gQI?si=_g3w…
Great piece! My only exemplar!
Hidden in a Family Keepsake: Rare Signature of Hall of Famer George Stacey Davis Emerges >>> sportscollectorsdaily.com/hi…
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Looks like this road trip is starting to pan out! @chumlee_ and I are at a gold mine in Nevada and apparently there’s a lot of gold in these hills. ⛰️⛏️
#GoldMine #Geology #StarGoldCorp #RickHarrison #Chumlee
Paid partnership with Star Gold Corp. ⭐️
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Finally, @beckettcollect is slowly coming back to life.
@CheckCOA had over 5,000 new registrations in the past month, and unfortunately, many of those collectors couldn’t get the results they came for because Beckett was offline.
At some point, I decided to start saving failed lookup attempts so I could run them once Beckett was back and add the results to users’ accounts for free. A little gift for everyone who had to wait.
I just wish I’d thought of saving those failed attempts from day one. Could’ve helped a lot more people.
@beckettcollect is back after 36 days offline!
Phase 1 of the restoration is live, including customer accounts, US/EU card grading submissions, population reports, BGS certificate lookup, and BAS autograph certificate lookup. More services will follow.
During the outage, CheckCOA still answered 2,405 Beckett checks, with 1,086 numbers already flagged in our Fraud Alert registry.
We've now also re-run 2,508 previously failed checks for free across 1,575 collectors' accounts.
All Beckett lookups on CheckCOA are back to normal. 🛡️
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I often come across fake autographs on @eBay with inscriptions or sketches meant to make them worth more. The forgers at least try to make the autograph look right. With inscriptions, they take much more freedom with the handwriting and add them wherever they think they'll help sell the piece. Kanye did draw similar bears, but I've only come across one genuine “Thank you” from him, and the handwriting is completely different from the one on this seller's CD.
The seller is signedsounds: Kanye covers with drawings and “Thank you,” Drake with “SCORPION 2018,” Brady helmets with “7X SB CHAMP” or “GO BLUE.” I've watched this seller relist and sell each of these items several times.
@CheckCOA flags the featured Kanye and Drake examples for fake autographs and fake PSA stickers, and the Kanye cert number appears on a different album cover too. Don't pay extra for supposed rarity without checking what you're actually buying.
We’re BACK 🏈 The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: NFL Edition drops TODAY at 4PM PT on YouTube. Namath, Warner, Derrick Thomas… and then there’s Keyshawn. 👀
#AskSteveGrad #NFL #Autographs
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@Steve_Grad, can you follow back so I can DM you? I have a suggestion for a YouTube video that would interest pro wrestling collectors regarding an iconic Hulk Hogan trading card.
Ted Williams homered in his final big league at-bat in 1960, and I got to see that bat in the vault room at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Here’s the story. Full Ted Williams Evolution episode is up now on YouTube @AskSteveGrad. gradcollection.com #TedWilliams
He never signed for him and actually Ted signed a lot but it was DiMaggio who actually was signing on his death bed
I have no issues with it ..when I pay to see someone play music ..play music. I don’t want to hear your bullshit opinion
I'm seeing a lot of people who are unhappy with what James Hetfield said trying to counter it with "errr bhut Metallica wrote '...And Justice for All' and that's a political album".
Unfortunately for them, it's not quite the gotcha they think it is.
While the album famously doesn't take aim at any one political side, a substantial part of ...And Justice for All attacks authoritarianism, censorship, ideological conformity and the suppression of individual freedoms.
All themes which can be heavily associated with authoritarian communist regimes, and ironically, the very sort of intolerance towards opposing views that can be found among those cheering on the likes of Macklemore and other leftist artists who turn their concerts into "Free Palestine" rallies.
So yes, Metallica once recorded an album that was, in large part, political. But there's a difference between writing songs that challenge political institutions and ideologies and using your concerts as a platform to lecture audiences about what they should believe.
And it's perfectly reasonable to interpret ...And Justice for All as challenging some of the very attitudes Hetfield was addressing in his speech.
Yes I have a great one! Posted on my IG the other day! @therealstevegrad
Did John-Henry Williams sign Ted’s autographs for him? It’s one of the hobby’s most repeated myths, and I’m setting the record straight. Full Ted Williams Evolution episode is up now on YouTube @AskSteveGrad. Authentication: gradcollection.com #TedWilliams
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Interesting pattern in the data: while most collectors worldwide browse in English, German and Spanish users almost always search in their own languages.
Listened to the numbers and shipped full ES & DE support on @CheckCOA today. Prepping everything for the upcoming mobile app release!
Try it out at checkcoa.com 🛡️
Now speaking your language 🇪🇸 🇩🇪
With a massive share of our traffic coming from collectors in Europe and Latin America, CheckCOA is now fully localized in Spanish and German!
Instant cert lookups across 25+ authenticators, real-time Fraud Alert tracking, and collection management—now completely native.
Switch your language in the navigation bar and protect your collection today at checkcoa.com 🛡️
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Player. Coach. Legend.
Mike Ditka embodied the spirit of Chicago and will be deeply missed.
I don’t know if that’s a good thing or bad I’m not a watcher.
@Steve_Grad did you hear you made it on Corey's podcast.
youtube.com/watch?v=KOnA6q2y…
