Our overriding objective at Sports Gallery is to be the best in our business.

Willie Mays Visits Sports Gallery [click on image to see more Willie photographs]

To accomplish this, our reputation and credibility with our suppliers, partners and, most important, customers MUST be without question. And we realize the most important part of our reputation is the authenticity of the autographs we sell. Our customers must be able to purchase our merchandise with the utmost confidence that the collectible they are taking home is authentic.

Frankly, the future of our company depends on it. As such, we are dedicated to the authenticity of our collectibles. We promise our customers to be thorough and diligent in our efforts to obtain genuine and authentic autographed memorabilia.

Patrick Willis In-Store Appearance [click on image to see more P-Willis photographs]

Here are just some of the precautions we take to ensure the authenticity of our merchandise:

• We only work with nationally recognized and reputable sources that, in most cases, have the athletes or entertainers under direct contract.
  
  
• We often work directly with the athletes and/or their agents to arrange for witnessed, public and private signings with athletes. Our most recent/upcoming autograph sessions include:
  
  
  • Joe Pavelski/Logan Couture are coming to Sports Gallery soon!
  • Will Clark is signing for SGA on September 18, 2010
  • Kerri Walsh signed with SGA on August 12, 2010
  • FC Gold Pride Mega-Signing (feat. Marta) on August 8, 2010
  • Kurt Suzuki returns to SGA on August 5, 2010
  • Fundraising Party feat. 49ers Dashon Goldson on June 12, 2010
  • Patrick Willis has signing at Sports Gallery on April 10, 2010
  • Nate Schierholtz signs@SGA on April 29, 2010
  • Robb Nen & Kirk Rueter signed at Sports Gallery on April 10, 2010
  • Brad Staubitz visited Sports Gallery on March 26, 2010
  • Sharks Mega-Signing (feat. Heatley, Boyle, more) on January 31, 2010
  • Stephen Curry signed at on November 21, 2009
  • Niners Mega-Signing (feat. Davis, Coffee, more) on November 13, 2009
  • Eugenio Velez signed at Sports Gallery on Sept 28, 2009
  • Roger Craig returned to Sports Gallery on Sept 19, 2009
  • Pablo Sandoval & Andres Torres signed@SGA on Aug 6, 2009
    
  • Ryan Sweeney signs at Sports Gallery on June 25, 2009
  • JT Snow visits Sports Gallery on June 18, 2009
  • Kevin Mitchell signs at Sports Gallery on June 13, 2009
  • Pablo Sandoval visited Sports Gallery on May 28, 2009
  • Dwight Clark & John Taylor together @ SGA on May 2, 2009
  • Willie McCovey returned to Sports Gallery on April 25, 2009
  • Corey Maggette signs at Sports Gallery on April 9, 2009.
  • Sharks Mega-Signing II (feat. Evgeni Nabokov) on March 23, 2009.
  • Jason Richardson & Matt Barnes signing for SGA on March 19, 2009.
  • Stephen Jackson visits Sports Gallery on March 12, 2009.
  • Sharks Mega-Signing (feat. Joe Thornton) on March 1, 2009.
  • Jamal Crawford signed at Sports Gallery on Feb 20, 2009.
  • Tom Rathman returned to Sports Gallery on Jan 30, 2009.
  • Devin Setoguchi & Ryane Clowe @Sports Gallery on Jan 18, 2009.
  • Russell White conducted an SGA@(Big)Game Signing on Nov. 22, 2008!
  • Monta Ellis returns to Sports Gallery on November 14, 2008.
  • Chuck Muncie signed SGA@Game for Sports Gallery on October 25, 2008.
  • Jeremy Roenick delighted the crowd at Sports Gallery on October 10, 2008.
  • Kurt Suzuki & Mark Ellis signed at Sports Gallery on September 13, 2008.
  • Juan Marichal visited Sports Gallery on September 5, 2008.
  • Willie McCovey signed at Sports Gallery on August 30, 2008.
  • Rollie Fingers & Vida Blue signed at Sports Gallery on August 16, 2008.
  • Gaylord Perry & Orlando Cepeda visited Sports Gallery on July 19, 2008.
  • Marshawn Lynch signed at Sports Gallery on July 13, 2008.
  • John Taylor & Tom Rathman visited Sports Gallery on June 8, 2008.
  • Monta Ellis signed at Sports Gallery on April 11, 2008.
  • Patrick Marleau, Sharks Captain returned to Sports Gallery in November, 2007.
  • Eric Wright appeared at Sports Gallery in September, 2007.
  • Fred Biletnikoff signed at Sports Gallery in August, 2007.
  • Willie Mays returned to Sports Gallery in May, 2007.
  • Roger Craig and Cliff Branch signed at Sports Gallery in November, 2006.
  • Patrick Marleau, SJ Sharks Captain visited Sports Gallery in October, 2006.
  • Ronnie Lott, 49ers HOF'er, visited Sports Gallery in August, 2006.
  • Brandi Chastain returned to Sports Gallery in October, 2005.
  • Ronnie Lott conducted a private signing with us in September, 2005.
  • Roger Craig,the 3-time Super Bowl RB, signed in Carmel in August, 2005.
  • Willie Mays wowed the crowd at our Palo Alto store in April, 2005.
  • Joe Montana conducted a private signing with us in August, 2004.
  • Dwight Clark signed autographs in our Carmel store in August, 2004.
  • Brandi Chastain visited our Palo Alto store in February, 2004.
    
    
• We actively attend signings to personally obtain signatures and/or witness the autograph session whenever possible.
  
  
• We DO NOT purchase any of our items from individual collectors. The authenticity of such items is extremely questionable (hence the lower cost) and nearly impossible to verify.
  
  

  "Buyer beware." "You get what you pay for." "If it's too good to be true... ...it probably is."

  Dwight Clark & John Taylor@SGA [click on image to see more Monta photographs]

  
  All the typical consumer warnings apply to buying collectibles from individuals on e-bay, personal collections and many sports collectible retailers. At Sports Gallery we're committed to taking those concerns out of the equation so you can have confidence in the authenticity of the high-quality collectible you're purchasing.
  
  
  

  Willie McCovey signs at Sports Gallery [click on image to see more Willie photographs]

  If you are considering buying a collectible from another dealer, do this Authenticity Test first. Ask them if they'll buy a signed collectible from your private collection. If they even consider it without proper authentication from a paid professional, be very concerned about the origins of the collectible you are considering buying. Who knows what private collection that collectible came from...

At Sports Gallery, our answer would be NO. Not because we don't like you and value you as a potential customer, but because we wouldn't be able to verify the collectible's authenticity to the extent necessary to satisfy our stringent authenticity safeguards. We could definitely get items cheaper if we said yes (many dealers do) but the ultimate cost would be our reputation for authenticity and that is a price we are not willing to pay.

Joe Thornton Signs for Sports Gallery [click on image to see more photographs]

 

And while our methods of authenticity are not the least expensive, they do ensure the best "safeguards" in our industry. Safeguards that guarantee that a buyer of our collectibles is receiving the benefit of our total commitment to authenticity. In fact, we're so confident in our merchandise, that we will accept the return of any item within 30 days of purchase when the authenticity is refuted by a reputable source.   .

Juan Marichal's In-Store Appearance [click on image to see more Juan photographs]   Jeremy Roenick Signs At Sports Gallery [click on image to see more Jeremy photographs]

Pablo Sandoval with the Sports Gallery Little League Team [click on image to see more Pablo photographs]

In short, Authenticity is our key to success. It is your guarantee of our total commitment to our collectibles. More importantly, it is your guarantee of our commitment to you, our customer.