Steve Zarelli presents: The Collecting Obsession

If an item is readily available in good condition, don't buy one with condition issues unless it is at a very steep discount. C...

$463.76 for a half of a Mickey Mantle signature on a manufactured 1 of 1 card. For this amount, you could buy three flawlessly signed Mantle...

The FBI busted the Operation Bullpen forgery ring , including the primary forger, Greg Marino, over 15 years ago. Yet his work still pollut...

On January 10, I wrote about junk COA whack-a-mole. When one phony-baloney COA gets banned from eBay, another cheeseball COA will soon app...

I recommend you avoid items with the CSC Collectibles Certificate of Authenticity / hologram. These worthless COAs appear on the same junk...

For the past 10 years or so, I've been under the impression that I had two signed Mickey Mantle photos in my collection. Unfortunately, ...