Trading card company admits some Dak Prescott autographed cards may not be authentic
By Kevin Duffey
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This past week, Dak Prescott was accused of using a signing machine to autograph trading cards.
Independent trading card company Beckett Grading Services refused to certify a set of autographs by Prescott, and late Friday night, trading card company Panini America, the company Prescott has an exclusive trading card agreement with, responded. The company said Prescott has “no knowledge” of how the machine-generated autographs showed up on several of his trading cards.
In the release, the card company admits that “a small quantity of Prescott autographs … may not be authentic.”
In other news, Panini announced that it had also agreed to a new long-term extension with Prescott.
Here is Panini’s full press release:
“Panini America executives and quarterback Dak Prescott met on Thursday to investigate in detail a limited quantity of Prescott-autographed trading cards that were issued as redemptions for Panini America’s 2016 NFL Prizm trading card product.
“Last week, after being contacted by an autograph authenticator and following an internal quality control process, Panini America officials determined that a small quantity of Prescott autographs received for 2016 Prizm Football may not be authentic.
“As an immediate precaution, Panini America began recalling all Prizm Football Dak Prescott autograph cards, stopping deliveries to 110 customers. Not all shipments were able to be recalled, however, and 167 cards were ultimately delivered to customers.
“It was also discovered that some of Prescott’s Prizm cards are still unaccounted for. Panini has committed to remanufacturing all the Dak Prescott Prizm Football cards, which Dak will sign to replace all the autograph cards within the Prizm collection. All the remanufactured cards for the Prizm collection autographed by Prescott will feature a special Dak Prescott hologram to differentiate the new cards.
“Panini is in the process of contacting the remaining customers affected and recalling the 2016 Prizm Football Prescott redemption cards to replace them. The company urges anyone offered a 2016 Prizm Dak Prescott autographed card not featuring the special hologram to contact Panini America immediately.
“On Thursday, Prescott and Panini America agreed to a long-term extension on his exclusive autographed trading card agreement to commit to delivering quality and authentic products to collectors. Prescott has autographed thousands of Panini America trading cards during his rookie season, has participated in multiple authenticated signing sessions and received additional card shipments throughout the year and returned them to Panini America to be incorporated into products. Prescott and his representatives have worked closely with Panini during this process since becoming aware of the discrepancies and have no knowledge of how those cards were returned to Panini.”
A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.
