Fanatics (Fanatics, LLC) is a Premium-tier authenticator of signed sports memorabilia through its FanSecure programme. For Walkouts, Fanatics means FanSecure: the authentication of event-signed memorabilia, not the broad licensed-apparel retail the wider Fanatics business is best known for.
How Fanatics authenticates
Fanatics authenticates through FanSecure, an event-witnessed model: items are signed at sessions Fanatics runs or oversees, then expert-inspected, registered by serial number, and tagged with a tamper-proof hologram carrying a unique ID. Each item is issued a Certificate of Authenticity whose serial is logged in Fanatics' own database. There is no single named authenticator; FanSecure operates as a programme, and its assurance rests on that documented chain from signing to hologram.
What you receive and how to verify it
Independent verification is the point: a buyer can confirm a FanSecure item by entering its unique hologram ID in Fanatics' FanSecure verification tool at fanatics.com/fansecure, without trusting Walkouts. The item carries a tamper-proof FanSecure hologram and a Certificate of Authenticity whose serial number is logged in Fanatics' database, so the specific item ties back to its registered record.
Why this matters for collectors
For a collector, FanSecure's value is event-witnessed provenance backed by an independently checkable hologram: the autograph is documented at the signing and the item's ID can be verified online, rather than resting on an opinion formed afterwards. Walkouts uses Fanatics as a premium route for event-signed memorabilia where that logged, verifiable chain carries the assurance.
