JSA failed my signed Michael Jordan shoes, now what?
I will spare the backstory as I realize Jordan is the most forged auto in the hobby, but I know these shoes were signed by Michael in 1987, which is why I never bothered with authentication. But as I get older, sometime in the future I will want to sell them and I know authentication is a requirement if I want to get top dollar for them.
I took them to a Chicago show in March where JSA was doing onsite authentication, but they didn’t have the expertise onsite to authenticate the shoes, so they took pictures of them and treated it like a standard submission. $375 and 3 months later and I receive this letter of opinion that they are not real autographs. Cool. So, 2 questions.
Has anyone ever had success in getting JSA to revise their opinion to inconclusive? It would be nice to get some of my fee back as a credit to submit other items to be authenticated.
is it worth trying another company like BAS or PSA? The National is coming up in Chicago and they will be there. Are there any preliminary conversations I can have or services offered with these companies to mitigate the risk of just tossing another $400 away on another rejection?