STANDARDS OF ETHICS STATEMENT: To ensure that SCDA is never placed in a position where it’s business ethics are ever called into question, as well as for the greater benefit of the hobby, I agree to the following set of guidelines:
1. In the course of private transactions, I will not submit my items for authentication from SCDA. I will provide a stand alone letter detailing and attesting to the authenticity of the item(s) in the same professional manner as SCDA.
2. In cases where I consign an item for auction, if the auction house has retained SCDA for the purposes of authentication, full disclosure that I have a financial interest in the item(s) will be made on the authentication certificate; and that the individual(s) winning the lot will have 30 days from the time of receipt to return the item if they feel a conflict of interest exists and it has materially affected the objectivity and accuracy of the authentication process
My own words posted earlier on this post
1. No authenticator can sell an item with a SCDA letter. To date, after the policy was adopted, this has been enforced 100%. I know this because I personally review each letter.
2. When an authenticator consigns an item to auction, on the back of each letter there is a check box. If an authenticator has any financial interest in that item, the box is checked. This discloses the fact that the authenticator owns the item. The bidder then has the option of 1. accepting that opinion 2. Getting a second opinion 3. Or passing on bidding if the bidder is not comfortable knowing the authenticator owned the item. If potential bidders are concerned about this, please ask the auction house to see the letter before bidding.
Aaron,
Here is the Standards of Ethics Statement I signed. If I violated it , I will resign my position with SCDA.
Point 1.) I did not sell the Bart Starr jersey. I was not in breach of that clause. It was not a private transaction. Private transaction means I sold the piece.
Point 2.) I consigned the item to the auction house. Consigning is not selling. I had a financial interest in the piece. I checked the box. I disclosed the fact that I had ownership. I included an additional letter stating the facts of the jersey, how it was obtained, how it was originally represented on the internet.
If I violated that policy, I will resign. (For the above reasons only)
Troy,
The ditch is dug. Just respond to one question and dont use a whole bunch of policy and mumbo jumbo behind the response. Why did you not just do the Right Thing and disclose that you were the owner of the jersey? You do remember what the Right Thing To Do means? Answer the question like I was 5 years old, simple if you know what I mean. While your at it, get Lou on the horn and ask him something for me. That jersey is 40 years old right! He found some wear on it that the original owner did not right! How sure is he that this jersey was never worn by somebody for fun in those 40 years. Ya know, maybe worn for a day or two for the thrill of having on a real Bart Starr jersey. Seems to me there's a heap of trouble a commin, so ya better pack a lunch. I am glad I am not in yours or Lou's shoes about now.
Thanks for your time partner.
-John Deere
Since when is cosigning not selling??. Did the auction house come over to your house and put you in a headlock. You own it right? You wanted to no longer own it right? Troy, shhhhhh! dont tell anyone, but I think that is selling.
-John Deer
