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Summary: When selling sports memorabilia, make sure signatures are authentic by paying a company to certify the authenticity. Sell sports memorabilia on the Internet or eBay with tips from the owner and operator of a card-trading shop in this free video on sports memorabilia.
Walt Case is the owner and operator of Card Traders in Austin, Texas, which buys and sells sport cards, signed memorabilia, posters, magazines, and trading cards.
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"My name is Walt Case I own Card Traders of of Austin in Austin, TX. We sell a wide variety of sports cards and sports memorabilia. One of the questions thats frequently asked is that how do I sell my memorabilia? Memorabilia comes in many different categories. There can be jersey's, there can be game used equipment. There can be autographed equipment including; jersey's, helmets, bats, photos. One of the key factors in selling any kind of memorabilia is to make sure that the signature is authentic, and that can be done in a couple of ways. There are 2 or 3 companies that authenticate signatures, obviously there's a fee associated with that. The more famous and the more in demand, and the shorter the supply of a particular autographed piece the more it's probably going to cost you to get it certified. That's almost essential if you're going to sell it. Areas that you may use to sell your memorabilia would be the internet. Ebay is a very popular site, you can also check with your local card shop they many times will buy memorabilia again the key is to make sure that the memorabilia you have is genuine and not a "knock off" as we call them in the industry jersey or a forged autograph. There's a lot of bad autographed memorabilia on the market today. So whether you are selling or buying make sure that you get a certified piece by a reputable certifying company."
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