Kobe Autographed Basketball - Legit?

[ivbaseball06]

I've been in the market for a nice Kobe basketball for a while, keeping an eye on listings that pop up on eBay. I saw this one show up on buy-it-now the other night for what seemed like a good price ($1500) compared to what I'd seen most going for.

The autograph looked passable to me, but the no-name COA gave me pause. Someone hit the buy-it-now within 20 minutes of it being listed, though, which made me think that it might actually be legit.

What do you guys think?

[lambeauleap87]

Not even close, and there's a reason for the junk "authentication" on it instead of a real company.

[3124508 on COMC]

No, everything with that COA is very bad.

[duron]

Mamba Butt

[Dame]

Fake, get a Panini/UDA.

[bjho852]

I can't imagine Kobe signing full autograph and adding "Mamba Out" inscription for company(ies) other than Panini.

[ivbaseball06]

I'm clearly off my game thinking this looked passable. Thanks all for the input!

[byronscott4ever]

If the price is too good....well, you know

[pootshwan]

I'm no expert on Kobe auto's but that one looks off.

[Craigger]

Its 1000% fake. Its really not even close. I sent you a PM

[ninjacookies]

Imagine how many new Spaldings Jim from accounting had to discard before he finally made a halfway passable 'graph.


So much wasted leather.

Hope he at least donated to Africa.

[Craigger]

Imagine how many new Spaldings Jim from accounting had to discard before he finally made a halfway passable 'graph.


So much wasted leather.

Hope he at least donated to Africa.

Haha thats why you will notice the super cheap fakers use silver paint pens and when the f up they wipe it and resign. Only most the time to dont wipe it all the way so it has a silver tint to it. This clown with the black sharpie probably needs 1500 to break even on all the basketballs he had to throw out. You can tell he forgot what to do half way thru the Y in Bryant

[pokemaniac]

According to their website header,

"Where the best come to get there items authenticated..."

I don't see any problems here.

[duron]

You can tell he forgot what to do half way thru the Y in Bryant

2nd half looks like a speech bubble right out of a comic.

[ninjacookies]

You can tell he forgot what to do half way thru the Y in Bryant

That mid-sig hesi is lethal. Most end up retracing. So I give Jim props on that.