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olecow
02-15-2019, 09:05 AM
https://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Man-buys-ultra-rare-Babe-Ruth-card-for-2-505850031.html
https://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Man-buys-ultra-rare-Babe-Ruth-card-for-2-505850031.html
It is a fake/reprint of the only known one and has approximately 3-4 threads about it already on this forum. The owner of it knows in his heart it is no good or he would go to a real authenticator, imo.
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pokerplyr80
02-15-2019, 10:04 AM
This is a different article than the one I read a few days ago. I was unaware that he'd had the card authenticated and received multiple 7 figure offers.
I don't know much about this particular card but is it even worth close to a million bucks if it's real?
ullmandds
02-15-2019, 10:15 AM
This is a different article than the one I read a few days ago. I was unaware that he'd had the card authenticated and received multiple 7 figure offers.
I don't know much about this particular card but is it even worth close to a million bucks if it's real?
Im guessing the “authenticator” stated in this article is not one of the “main” tpg’ers. Also owner of this card stated recently that $2 million is his price yet now he seems not willing to sell for 7 figures. Whole thing is fishy and i still believe this card to be fake.
Brian Van Horn
02-15-2019, 10:15 AM
Leon,
Any chance that the threads can be merged/consolidated on this subject?
chalupacollects
02-15-2019, 10:15 AM
Not slabbed yet, calling BS on authenticity...
Snapolit1
02-15-2019, 10:57 AM
This story sounds about as legitimate as that actor story in Chicago. Real shortage of common sense these days. A dozen or so details that make no absolutely sense but people forge ahead with the story they want to believe.
Ricky
02-15-2019, 01:37 PM
This story sounds about as legitimate as that actor story in Chicago. Real shortage of common sense these days. A dozen or so details that make no absolutely sense but people forge ahead with the story they want to believe.
Are you saying the actor wasn't attacked?
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/02/15/suspects-arrested-in-jussie-smollett-case/
Throttlesteer
02-15-2019, 02:21 PM
Are you saying the actor wasn't attacked?
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/02/15/suspects-arrested-in-jussie-smollett-case/
Completely off-the-topic, but yes the story was BS. The suspects arrested were well-known associates of the actor and didn't remotely fit the description of the event. Was he attacked, maybe. Was he being truthful about the event, without a doubt....no.
pokerplyr80
02-15-2019, 02:35 PM
Completely off-the-topic, but yes the story was BS. The suspects arrested were well-known associates of the actor and didn't remotely fit the description of the event. Was he attacked, maybe. Was he being truthful about the event, without a doubt....no.
There are a lot of conflicting reports out there. I haven't seen anything definitive yet. Maybe they just arrested the wrong guys? It will be interesting to see if we get the true story.
darwinbulldog
02-15-2019, 02:43 PM
In any case, the card's fake.
bobbyw8469
02-15-2019, 02:54 PM
The card is a fake.
canjond
02-15-2019, 02:55 PM
At least it's not a blue-eyed variant.
Bigdaddy
02-15-2019, 04:32 PM
Now being carried on CNN: The Find (https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/02/14/rare-babe-ruth-card-bought-two-dollars-newsource-orig-jr.cnn)
Fake news???
pokerplyr80
02-15-2019, 04:53 PM
This is why we have the term fake news. I get that most journalists don't have much hobby knowledge. Couldn't they at least put in a call to Keith Olbermann before reporting about a 7 figure card being "discovered?"
Throttlesteer
02-18-2019, 04:05 PM
Still checking the news to see when this card gets deemed a fake. It's received so much coverage, I can't believe it hasn't been outed yet.
The other story referenced in this post has mostly unraveled, and it wasn't as simple as a submission to a TPG.
Mark17
02-18-2019, 05:31 PM
Still checking the news to see when this card gets deemed a fake. It's received so much coverage, I can't believe it hasn't been outed yet.
The other story referenced in this post has mostly unraveled, and it wasn't as simple as a submission to a TPG.
Will the "news" even bother to run a retraction? For all the "news" stories CNN and others run that are not true, it seems increasingly apparent that truth is not a primary concern for them
Mark17
02-18-2019, 05:32 PM
And by the way, if that card is authentic it looks like a PSA 8 or better.......
Another reason to doubt its authenticity.
xplainer
02-18-2019, 05:40 PM
Seems both the “attack” and card are fake.
Wait and get the facts.
Cliff Bowman
02-18-2019, 06:36 PM
For all the "news" stories CNN and others run that are not true, it seems increasingly apparent that truth is not a primary concern for them
It's all about the agenda, in which the truth usually gets in the way.
Orioles1954
02-18-2019, 06:41 PM
It's all about the agenda, in which the truth usually gets in the way.
In Mass Communications courses this is referred to as agenda setting or gate keeping.