Document and signature authentication through forensic examination.
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Document and signature authentication through forensic examination.
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About Restore MDA
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Our Process
Our Process
At MDA Forensic Examiners our process is rooted in forensic examination. From background research to personal experience, inspections to microscopic analysis, digital imagery, lighting source differentiations, and electrostatic detection devices we're committed to learning the true value of every item by determining its authenticity. digital imagery, lighting source differentiations, and electrostatic detection devices.
About restore mda
Our Team
Our authentications team is comprised of committed experts who value what it is to be certified as being, "Authentic". Collectively our forensic experts have researched, inspected and analyzed over thousands of signatures, documents & collectibles over the last 55+ years. They've a staunch commitment to the authentication process and to staying in tune with industry breakthroughs, state-of-the-art technology and abreast of the latest publications, insights and industry pioneers.
Our Primary Authenticator
Neil Floyd started collecting entertainment, sports and historical memorabilia over 60 years ago. He took his acute senses, and together with his personal interests and a knack for attention to detail, turned them into a business.
In the late 1960s Neil Floyd, GhostDrummer©, was living and working in New York with professional musical artists in helping them ‘find the tune’ in late 1960s and still continues today. In subsequent years he penned the name GhostDrummer© and later got copyright approval. He is considered a specialist in his ability to help musicians fine the tune and is called upon as the #1choice by Producers, Arrangers, Engineers and Band Members as a specialist to “Fix it before the mix”. He has worked with numerous talented and gifted artists: Muhammad Ali, Joe Cocker, Peter Frampton, Stevie Wonder and Bob Walters, just to name a few.
In 1979 after months on tour he returned to New York where he was approached by the NYPD after having seen his acute precision at the local club was asked to be a Deputy Inspector, assist as backup on raids and such. This eventually led him to work with Frank Serpico and also led him to engage with the Forensics team who noticed his discerning eye for detail. In the late 1980s, Floyd moved back to Montreal but still frequented New York.
As a teenager, Floyd became interested in collectibles, entertainment/sports/historical memorabilia and has many personal pieces dating back to the 1930s. Over several years he has been working on his own methods of deciphering and finding inconsistencies with musical instruments, fine arts and scammers on sites like eBay, he decided to visit McGill University with his life’s work and challenges. In 2013, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Forensics for Lifetime Achievement. Floyd is an avid collector of guitars, some previously owned and played by famous musicians, artwork from masters and other assorted collectibles. On a daily basis you’re likely to find Floyd looking for the good, bad and ugly in all aspects of a collectible from checking signatures, serial numbers for musical instruments, and testing himself on the year, make and model of most vintage American classis automobiles and motorcycles.
Neil Floyd stands by his certification and opinion with the utilization of scientific forensics.
In addition to this biography, please find herewith 9 pages of supporting documentation/certifications.
Our Mission
At MDA Forensic Examiners our mission is to assess the true value of an item; ultimately to determine its authenticity. We're committed to full transparency with our clients and in regards to their items and are committed to deciphering authenticity down to the most microscopic level of authentication possible.
What we Authenticate
At MDA Forensic Examiners we take pride in our work and do our best to stay abreast of industry nuances. When we authenticate an item it is because we've done the research, comparisons, lighting tests, etc. that have all ended in the same conclusion-Authentic. Some of the items we authenticate include, not limited to, signature cuts, CDV Cards, documents, signed books, signed guitars, signed pick guards, and signed lyrics, as well as, signed photographs, entertainment memorabilia, historic memorabilia and sports memorabilia.