Oh, they just keep coming........
 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1912-Ty-Cobb...item41805e51c1

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1911-Ty-Cobb...item41805e5002

Have you guys noticed that the new eBay sellers keep making these incredible finds?

Added another one following the original post.

I am having trouble keeping up:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1911-14-GENE...item41805ebd63

I love the explanation with the Cobb Plow's Candy card. "If it is original, it is a $10,000 card. I don't want to deal with PSA." So I'm selling this $10,000 card for a $400 BIN. :rolleyes:

"I am selling as a reprint because of the rarity of the card"


???

That is a classic line. I will have to remember it. "This card is so freaking scarce I am selling it as a fake.'

You can't make that kind of stuff up.....

oh the ethics

Obviously he did :rolleyes:

It is interesting how the original prices have dropped.

Adding a new one for you..
 

Here is a nice one. What scares me is there are people out there that are bidding on this...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-000-BABE-R...item43c93f4a1a

Yikes!

and one more original
 

I'm sure this in not a photo just glued to a piece of card board right, has to be original...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1928-Exhibit...item5408f5b804

At least they are not claiming that is hand signed.

That Ruth has so much that's just wrong.

Aside from being a cabinet photo with a Ruth picture stuck on.

The stamp is from 1887, 20+ years after the civil war tax on photographs was repealed.
And it's a regular postage stamp not a tax stamp.
And the cancel is a typical postal cancel rather than what's typical for revenue use.

If it was a stamp from the 1860's used as a tax stamp, which did happen, it would be a fairly interesting illegal use. Probably not worth $99, but collectible and worth more than an ordinary cabinet photo. How much more would depend on the stamp.

So fake Ruth, fake revenue use of a postage stamp.

At least the cabinet mount looks like a real one...

Steve B

someone made an offer on the Plows Cobb and it was declined :).

In a perfect world (dripping sarcasm), if there was a BIN or Best Offer for a fake, you would have the ability to offer the buyer an amount he would pay you to take it off his hands. That would then pay for the lighter and fluid for the disposal of the fake.

I recently tried to offer .01 on one of the frauds we have talked about but the system made me off .99 ....It wasn't accepted, thank goodness.