View Full Version : Makes you wonder . . . . .
Snapolit1
01-02-2016, 09:05 AM
Guy selling a highly desirable Ruth Exhibits card on eBay; first time seller; selling from his personal collection for the ubiquitous "medical reasons"; yet has no buyer feedback (or any feedback); no idea if its from the 1920s or 1930s. Card seems to be in quite nice conditions. And he starts it at $10. Peculiar to say the least.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Babe-Ruth-Exhibit-Card-VG-EX-/221983530754?hash=item33af3fdf02:g:al0AAOSwL7VWh0V 6
ullmandds
01-02-2016, 09:07 AM
I'm suspicious...seller can't spell...the declaration to strive for 100% feedback is weird. I'd be skeptical...not sure if card is real either.
pawpawdiv9
01-02-2016, 09:07 AM
Glendale, Arizona??? I would belive it more if he needed it to go to the National Championship game (CLEMSON vs ALABAMA)
ullmandds
01-02-2016, 09:09 AM
he has other reasonable cards for sale...but all graded by nefarious grading companies.
Snapolit1
01-02-2016, 09:11 AM
Noticed that about the other cards. Guy obviously isn't a collector with an ounce of knowledge about what he selling so the whole thing reeks.
pencil1974
01-02-2016, 09:15 AM
Doesn't look real to me either. I think I've seen this one sold before as a reprint a while back but could be wrong.
JustinD
01-02-2016, 09:19 AM
I don't believe even one of those cards is real.
pariah1107
01-02-2016, 10:29 AM
Why does the last card on his sellers list, the 1938 Horrors of War card (which is up to $154, eek!) seem to be encapsulated, but the tab is cropped out of the photo? There is no mention of it, though in other descriptions he says PRO graded, etc. Terrible listings, likely all fake.
Card doesn't look bad from this scan unless I missed something? We shall see...A 0 feedback seller with a fairly high dollar item is at minimum a yellow flag....
Guy selling a highly desirable Ruth Exhibits card on eBay; first time seller; selling from his personal collection for the ubiquitous "medical reasons"; yet has no buyer feedback (or any feedback); no idea if its from the 1920s or 1930s. Card seems to be in quite nice conditions. And he starts it at $10. Peculiar to say the least.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Babe-Ruth-Exhibit-Card-VG-EX-/221983530754?hash=item33af3fdf02:g:al0AAOSwL7VWh0V 6
Seller "strives for 100% satisfaction," but won't accept returns. :rolleyes:
ZiggerZagger
01-03-2016, 11:40 AM
Of the encapsulated cards, some look as if they may be authentic, but there's no way any of them would pass reputable TPG's.
I'd expect them all to be altered/trimmed to tarnation, with the '58 and '69 Mantles already looking that way from even a brief first glance.
Caveat Emptor, indeed...
yanksfan09
01-03-2016, 08:19 PM
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=212095&highlight=exhibit+ruth
bottom picture is one currently on ebay.
yanksfan09
01-03-2016, 08:24 PM
I thought this looked like one I saw with the ?Autentic? label from PSA before also....There's same staining/discoloration on top of card. Yet one copy shows a crease on back and other doesn't. Seems like possibly a laser printed front like someone else mentioned being put on different backs maybe?
pencil1974
01-04-2016, 08:26 AM
That's the one I was thinking of too when I saw this one. I remembered the 3 perfectly rounded corners and the one nicer corner. Maybe this one is real and all the reprints are based off of it? :)