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09-04-2005, 07:29 AM
Posted By: <b>cmoking</b><p>Currently listed is a 1933 Goudey 53 Ruth GAI 7. <br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=106179&item=5238449415" target="_blank">53 Ruth GAI 7 Probably Fraud</a><br /><br />The auction looks innocent enough, but if you check the seller's feedback (3456 feedback score, 98.6% positive), you'll see the seller sells cell phones and books.<br /><br />You'll also notice that he has the number of the card incorrect on the title (57 instead of 53).<br /><br />But the evidence that this is fraud shows up in another auction of his - a 1952 Topps Mantle at this link:<br /><br /> <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=73435&item=5236619577" target="_blank">52 Topps Mantle</a><br /><br />That auction has been ended. The title was for a GAI 8, the card in the scan is a PSA Authentic card that sold recently on ebay. The card's image was obviously lifted and the seller (or whoever hijacked his account) posted the wrong info.<br /><br />When I hit it up, there is a section where it says "See More Great Items from this seller". one of the items listed is a link to the 1933 Goudey Ruth...and the picture on that item is the PSA 7 card that sold on ebay recently - where it has the certification number covered up by the real seller. If you click on that link, the picture has been changed to a GAI 7 picture. <br /><br />Along with the Ruth, is a 1915 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson that is from the same seller as the Ruth - with the cert. covered up.<br /><br />I emailed ebay last night regarding the PSA image - that it was clearly lifted. This morning the seller had changed the image on the auction, but the old image still shows up in the links.