Lou Lampson, 100% Authentic, and American Memorabilia

[gamehawk]

First off, b-t-p-h.... I agree. In the business world, it is dog eat dog. I am in real estate and if you mess around, you will get fired.

Secondly, Pujols, I cannot see where you are coming from at all with Lampson. For example: If I had not called AMI and told them about the Iverson jersey, and someone paid say $1500, and did not know that is was a fake, they would be up the creek without a paddle, always assuming Iverson wore a jersey that was not even up to Game Issued spec's. All because of one mans opinion.

The kicker, is that after all was said and done (upon me getting the 76ers Team Office involved), AMI thought about putting the jersey back up for auction? They emailed me my thoughts and I said "No way" but do it at your own risk. Luckily for them, they did not put it back up and sent it back to Lampson's "dirty Laundry" pile. When someone is wrong so many times, how can people keep going back to him and pay good money for his "opinion" and saying he only makes "very few errors" How can you call that an honest mistake? I, and many others, now see a Lampson LOA and do not even hesitate to stay away from the item.

I have never seen Meigray make a mistake and market something fake. That is because they do not do opinion letters. They do not issue anything unless it is concrete. With that said, How can you send in items to Lampson, pay his fee, and assume he does not miss something on your items. If you go to sell them, Lampson could care less. He already has your money and no one is going to come after him because it was only his opinion... People may dispute Meigray as the big bad monopoly. But at least you get what you pay for. Besides NHL, they do MLB, NFL and NBA. Every item on my wall is 100% and that is not based on one man's shady opinion.

There is no room for even 1 mistake when someone is putting trust and money into you. AMI told me that they are content with Lampson's authenticating methods. Now what does that say about American Memorabilia? AMI + Lampson = $$$$$

[kingjammy24]

it seems much of this talk about lampson & ami centers around 'mistakes'. lampson fans say 'he just made a mistake. he's human. it's just a mistake, we all make them'.

however, i don't think these can be called 'mistakes'. it would be an understatement to call them egregious examples of mind-numbing stupidity. a mistake is what MEARS made with the recent VintageAuthentics Pujols jersey. the "5" font on the front was slightly larger and very slightly different than it should've been. not too difficult to catch, but easily missed.

saying the Orioles wore St.Patricks Day green jerseys and further
explaining that a particular St.Pats jersey "compared to other St.Pats jerseys worn by the Orioles" when in fact they did not wear St.Pats jerseys and Orioles St.Pats green jerseys do not even exist is not a 'mistake'. at best, it's a completely uninformed, uneducated, ignorant pile of braindead rubbish. at worst, it's a lie.

these aren't 'mistakes', especially for someone of Lampsons supposed calibre. i don't think anyone has an issue with someone committing an honest 'mistake' but what Lampson does goes far beyond mistakes.


Rudy.

am i the only one who thinks it's odd that 100% Authentic has 2 authenticators with the exact same initials? lou lampson, lon lewis.
who's next? larry lovely? lem llewelyn? what are the odds?