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Our overriding objective at Sports Gallery is to be the best in our business.



Willie Mays Visits Sports Gallery
Willie Mays Visits Sports Gallery
[click on image to see more Willie photographs]

To accomplish this, our reputation and credibility with our suppliers, partners and, most important, customers MUST be without question.
And we realize the most important part
of our reputation is the authenticity
of the autographs we sell.
Our customers must be able to purchase
our merchandise with the utmost confidence
that the collectible they are taking home
is authentic.

 

Frankly, the future of our company
depends on it.

As such, we are dedicated to the
authenticity of our collectibles.
We promise our customers to be thorough and diligent in our efforts to obtain genuine and authentic autographed memorabilia.

 

Ronnie Lott Sports Gallery In-Store Appearance

Ronnie Lott In-Store Appearance
[click on image to see more Ronnie photographs]

 

Here are just some of the precautions we take to ensure the authenticity of our merchandise:

  • We only work with nationally recognized and reputable sources that, in most cases, have the athletes or entertainers under direct contract.

  • We often work directly with the athletes and/or their agents to arrange for witnessed, public and private signings with athletes. Our most recent/upcoming autograph sessions include:

  • We actively attend signings to personally obtain signatures and/or witness the autograph session whenever possible.

  • We DO NOT purchase any of our items from individual collectors. The authenticity of such items is extremely questionable (hence the lower cost) and nearly impossible to verify.

    "Buyer beware."

    "You get what you pay for."


    "If it's too good to be true...
    ...it probably is."

    Monta Ellis Signs At Sports Gallery

    Monta Ellis Signs At Sports Gallery
    [click on image to see more Cliff photographs]


    All the typical consumer warnings apply to buying collectibles from individuals on e-bay, personal collections and many sports collectible retailers. At Sports Gallery we're committed to taking those concerns out of the equation so you can have confidence in the authenticity of the high-quality collectible you're purchasing.


    Dwight Clark Visits Sports Gallery
    Dwight Clark Visits Sports Gallery
    [click on image to see more Dwight photographs]

    If you are considering buying a collectible from another dealer,
    do this Authenticity Test first.
    Ask them if they'll buy a signed collectible from your private collection. If they even consider it without proper authentication from a paid professional, be very concerned about the origins of the collectible you are considering buying. Who knows what private collection that collectible came from...


At Sports Gallery, our answer would be NO.
Not because we don't like you
and value you as a potential customer,
but because we wouldn't be able to verify
the collectible's authenticity to the extent necessary to satisfy our stringent
authenticity safeguards. We could definitely
get items cheaper if we said yes (many dealers do) but the ultimate cost would be our reputation for authenticity and that is a price we are not willing to pay.

Gaylord Perry & Orlando Cepeda Sign At Sports Gallery

Gaylord Perry & Orlando Cepeda
Sign at Sports Gallery

[click on image to see more photographs]

 

And while our methods of authenticity are not the least expensive, they do ensure the best "safeguards" in our industry.
Safeguards that guarantee that a buyer
of our collectibles is receiving
the benefit of our total commitment to authenticity. In fact, we're so confident
in our merchandise, that we will
accept the return of any item
within 30 days of purchase
when the authenticity
is refuted by a reputable source.

Please Note: We do NOT consider PSA/DNA to be a reputable source. They are in the business of selling their authentication services and are currently trying to strong-arm memorabilia stores/dealers around the country to utilize their services on all their merchandise. They do this by rejecting items sent to them that do not have PSA/DNA authenticity stickers. In the past, they have rejected "in-store" signed items as not authentic. As such we simply cannot consider them a reputable source in signature authentication.

Brandi Chastain Sports Gallery In-Store Appearance
Brandi Chastain In-Store Appearance
[click on image to see more Brandi photographs]
 
Patrick Marleau Signs for Sports Gallery
Patrick Marleau Signs At Sports Gallery
[click on image to see more Patrick photographs]

 

Marshawn Lynch is all Smiles at Sports Gallery

Marshawn Lynch is All Smiles
At Sports Gallery

[click on image to see more Marshawn photographs]

In short,
Authenticity is our key to success
.
It is your guarantee of our total commitment to our collectibles.
More importantly, it is your guarantee
of our commitment to you,
our customer.

 

 

Sports Gallery Certificate of Authenticity
 
Sports Gallery  Certificate of Authenticity
 
Sports Gallery  Certificate of Authenticity
 
Sports Gallery Certificate of Authenticity
 
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