So, what's up with this eBay seller?

[Dave Farquhar]

I keep finding this thing when I search for 1935 Goudeys:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-000-Joe-DiMaggio-PRINTING-PLATE-1935-Goudey-VINTAGE-Player-Graded-10-/291444000227?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43db6a85e3

What kind of fly-by-night grading company misidentifies that thing as a '35? Doesn't every grade schooler who's interested in baseball know that Joe DiMaggio was playing in San Francisco in 1934-35?

I see questionable listings from this guy every few weeks but this so-called $1,000 printing plate is probably the worst.

[trdcrdkid]

He says he uses "graded values", not book values. If you're not sure what that means, he directs you to his eBay profile page, where there is this explanation:

"Graded cards are so much more valuable than just a plain card coming from a pack. My pic shows examples. 1970 Pete Rose in Beckett values at $60, but graded it jumped to $5,676. All of my cards are labeled with graded values not book values."

All righty, then!

[Sean]

He has a few of these crap -I mean printing plates- and the Mantle and Jackie plates have bids on them. :rolleyes:

[swarmee]

That seller is maximizing his profits. The ones he does sell, he gets more than he should.

[thetruthisoutthere]

I did a thread on this seller and the Derek Jeter forgery he sold.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-500-Derek-Jeter-Original-1992-ROOKIE-AUTO-GRADED-GEM-MINT-10-VERY-RARE-/291433225459?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=knkhQR8uKziD0im54BjiRKtikBU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc



http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/ebay-seller-tabaccoroadcards-derek-jeter-forgery-autographed-card

[iowadoc77]

Of course graded cards are worth more, duh!
Someone paid someone else to grade their cards so they have to recoup the cost, right?
I think it all makes complete sense... to the voices in this seller's head maybe

[Cozumeleno]

I did a thread on this seller and the Derek Jeter forgery he sold.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-500-Derek-Jeter-Original-1992-ROOKIE-AUTO-GRADED-GEM-MINT-10-VERY-RARE-/291433225459?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=knkhQR8uKziD0im54BjiRKtikBU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc



http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/ebay-seller-tabaccoroadcards-derek-jeter-forgery-autographed-card

I think he got people to bite because there's actually a legit autographed/numbered version of that card. Only problem is that the legit certified versions are hand-numbered ... his didn't have that.

Even if the signature was legit (and I'm no autograph expert), it's not a 'Certified' card because that would mean it was one of the pack-inserted ones. At best, it's simply a Jeter autograph on a standard-issue card.

[Leon]

I did a thread on this seller and the Derek Jeter forgery he sold.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-500-Derek-Jeter-Original-1992-ROOKIE-AUTO-GRADED-GEM-MINT-10-VERY-RARE-/291433225459?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=knkhQR8uKziD0im54BjiRKtikBU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc



http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/ebay-seller-tabaccoroadcards-derek-jeter-forgery-autographed-card

The original link in this threads first post might have the worst looking fake I have ever seen. If anyone actually bought it, they deserve it. It will be a good learning lesson.