Are people really this easily fooled?
 

https://m.ebay.com/itm/1914-Cracker-...app-cvip-panel

I’m just speechless. Thoughts ?

Greed is why this card was sold and greed was why this card was purchased. Along with all the other reprints he recently sold.i wonder if there is anything the buyer could do. He never states that it’s real.

That's the nicest Cobb CJ auto I've seen today.

Looks like maybe one of the shillers won it - how long till it shows up again?

Sooo...who will be the first to find this card re-listed?

The seller says he got the card from an estate of a dealer. Obviously it was a dealer who collected fake cards, as so many seem to do.

You do have to appreciate the knock-off PSA holder with barcode though :rolleyes:

How cool would that be though if a real signed cj cobb was out there? Has anyone ever seen one?

It appears that the buyer cancelled order. Here is their feedback left for seller.

"Cancelled order because couldn’t trust that merchandise was authentic "

Really ...
 

That’s a lot more polite than I would be .

To answer the original question - yes, people are easily fooled. Not everyone is as knowledgeable as the people on this board.

It's well known that these easiest people to con are con artists themselves. They are convinced they have stumbled onto something that will allow them a leg up to pull a fast one on someone else. Seems counter-intuitive but it's true.

Great book and are really fun read.

https://www.amazon.com/Big-Story-Con.../dp/0385495382

Good thing that a Sharpie was used so the signature appears bold and legible.

We all have items we wished we bid on ... but strangely one of the ones I always regret not buying was an "autographed" New York Post article that announced Mickey Mantle's death. I still crack up when I think about it. For $10 it would have been a funny piece to have to show to people (but for $20 - which it sold for - I was out).

Cheers,
Patrick

"autographed baseball's"

It's amazing how many auto debates can be wrapped up simply by applying the year the sharpie was invented.

Can't you just make one yourself?

Good point. Sharpie was introduced in 1964 while Cobb died in 1961.

That is why his sharpie autograph doesn't look quite as good as other earlier autographs. He was deceased when he did it.

My favorite estate sale was someone was selling a Ruth auto photo in silver sharpie. I laughed.

I'm most amazed that the owner apparently collected for 85 years

I noticed that too.

My all time favorite post was when Frank *I forget his last name* came on here touting his authenticators expertise with an authenticated Ruth signature on a 1953 Silver Certificate. He left the forum right after that. True story. Fact is stranger than fiction.

If we are to believe Leon, then that means that the mint doesn't print money a few years in advance to stay ahead of the game. Now the question is, do you believe Leon? :p

Merry Christmas to all and now I feel foolish for bidding on the auto'd Cobb CJ card.... It would have been even better if it were a Cobb auto on a Joe Jackson card....

It looks way nicer than a 4. MAybe a possible crossover to SGC for a higher grade. The card does have nice centering. And this card is extremely rare. Perhaps the only card signed by the ghost of Ty Cobb. It a one of a kind.