Authenticity 101

Making sure it is what it says it is.

Whenever I get a phone call asking about the price of their particular piece of sporting memorabilia that they want valued my first question to them is always does it have a certificate of authenticity.

The certificate of authenticity is an extremely important document and is the key to the value of the item. And it isn’t just if there is a certificate of authenticity or not, it also depends on who has issued the document. A certificate of authenticity coming from a reputable name who has been in business for a long time is a lot more trusted than one that comes from someone who’s just popped up on eBay in the last few months. There are a lot of dealers now also offer a photo showing the sportsperson or celebrity signing your piece of memorabilia but how can you be certain that they are signing yours and that the photo wasn’t taken off someone else’s signing session. Read more…

When plastic surgery goes wrong!

I’m not sure about you but I hate surgery would not even think twice about having any surgery that is not necessary. I also don’t think much about plastic surgery. My personal opinion is that unless a person was born with a defect or condition that as a result the person lacks in confidence to go about their daily life than I do agree that a person should have plastic surgery.

Now this brings me to the report that I read today about a 30-year-old Brazilian woman who lives in Houston, United States whilst recovering from her latest of 30 odd plastic surgeries has contracted a Staph infection which has spread to both of her breasts and you have to have both of her breasts removed.
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Baker’s dozen

It was a pretty stiff penalty and Steven Baker can certainly feel hard done by.

It reminds me of a few years ago when St Kilda played the Brisbane Lions when St Kilda superstar Nick Riewoldt hurt his shoulder during the game and was roughed up by two Brisbane players. at that time I thought that because Riewoldt waved away the trainer as if to say I am fine then he was fair game and the same applies to Friday nights game. Read more…

Daylight savings – all year round.

Here in Brisbane on a Summers day the sun is up at 4am so apart for business and being connected to the southern states we don’t need Daylight Savings in the Summer but the whole country would benefit if we all had it in Winter. To be continued..

To watch or to not?

No frills budget

I have not made my mind up as to whether to watch tonight’s Federal Budget. Wayne Swan already one the most boring people to listen to has come out and proclaimed that this budget will be boring so why waste a couple hours of my life that I’ll never get back again?
There is going to be a lot of “here here” from Labour members and a lot of jeering from everyone else and I will put my wheelchair on the fact that there is to be more political election spin than a Shane Warne leg break on a day five MCG pitch.
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