Steve Grad Leaves PSA/DNA
By Ryan Cracknell | Hobby Editor
After spending about 15 years with the company, Steve Grad has left PSA/DNA. The company’s principal authenticator, Grad also made a name for himself appearing regularly on Pawn Stars to help Rick Harrison and the staff at Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas.
“I’ve been incredibly blessed to have worked with some of the most talented and incredibly gifted people in the authentication industry while thoroughly enjoying my time at PSA/DNA,” Grad said in a statement.
“It’s also been an honor and privilege to authenticate some of the finest pieces in the hobby including the Law of Baseball, the highest-graded Babe Ruth single-signed baseball, the only known Joe Jackson signed photograph and numerous other high-end pieces of American sports history.”
Grad started with PSA/DNA as a senior authenticator before becoming the company’s principal authenticator.
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Hmm. If there is only 1 known autograph signed, what do they really have to compare it to?
If you’re referring to the Jackson in his quote, he’s talking about a photo. There is more than one Shoeless Joe Jackson autograph out there.
How soon until he starts his own authentication service? Going out on their own is usually what happens when someone gets too big for a company.
I thought he was illiterate…and how can there be a Jackson auto…his wife?
Just because someone is illiterate doesn’t mean they can’t sign things. Writing a signature can become a trained motor skill.
I have a jimmie foxx autograph baseball
trying to find out if it is real can i get some help
want to know what his tattoo on his right arm says
sorry your left arm not right