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At The Football Spectacular Show (November 29th-December 2nd), the 4-day Sports Spectacular Show held in Dallas, more than 3000 collectors used RFID to verify the authenticity of their signatures. This event was launched by Triumph Sports and provided by Prova Group with related RFID technology.
The Prova RFID system verified the signatures of approximately 4,000 athletes at the event. Collectors first obtain the RFID tags printed by the event organizer, and then stick them on the signed items, so that the items have tangible and electronic records that can prove the authenticity of the signature.
Collectibles are generally easier to fake. Signatories-use visual analysis to compare the authentic signature and the signature to be signed-can determine the authenticity of the signature, but this method may have errors; commonly used holograms can also be forged. The certificate of authenticity issued at the time of signing does not guarantee that the collectibles listed on the certificate are for sale. The Prova RFID solution will provide the best signing method for signatures.
At the Dallas exhibition, collectors who hope to use this solution will first come to a registration area, where Prova employees enter the name and address of each collector in the database, as well as the unique RFID identification code of the label and the description of the item to be signed. Then stick the label on the article.
Use RFID to sign the authenticity of sports collection signatures
For larger items, such as footballs or shirts, Prova uses high-frequency, ISO 15693-compliant 13.56 MHz passive tags with a size of approximately 1 inch * 1 inch; for smaller items, such as trade cards or baseballs, the company uses EPC Gen 2 label, the size is about 1 inch * 0.25 inches. These two types of tags are manufactured by X-ident Technology and contain RFID chips from Texas Instruments. If the tag is removed from the item, the antenna will be broken, rendering the tag unusable.
After attaching the label to the object, collectors visited the athletes, including former NFL stars Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Gayle Sayers, Earl Campbell and Thurman Thomas. After all the items were signed, the collector came to sit next to the Prova staff, who witnessed the signing process. The staff then uses a handheld RFID reader to read the tags, record their unique ID numbers, write the data and time into the tag chip, and lock the data so that the data cannot be modified at will.
After the end of the day, Prova downloads the data from the handheld device to the database, and then places the verification information on the company’s website. Collectors can obtain information by entering their name and password, and view the signature information of the item.
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