Slovakian reprints?
 

Found this interesting. Here is one of umteen thousand M101-5 Babe Ruth listings with the old "as is" slogan
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Babe-Ruth-ca...item27ee4b5807

A completely different seller whom appears to come from Slovakia of all places just as the Ruth sellers does selling this T-210 Joe Jackson. Interestingly, the scans don't look half bad
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Joe-Jackson-...01639687&rt=nc


Are these just stolen scans or pretty good looking reprints?

crazy stuff....
 

I especially like his succinct description: "no guarantee of authenticity, but nice piece anyway"

I'd say that about sums it up! :eek:

peace, mike

Nice reprints. They'd at least look good in a collection. ;)

I remember an American businessman who travelled a lot said he had bought a German made Babe Ruth 'Speedy' movie real photo postcards at a street market in Estonia, the vendor selling European silent movie real photo postcards (Europe issued a lot of real photo movie postcards in the old days-- Greta Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, Bela Lugosi, Charlie Chaplin et al). He was concerned it might be a reprint, but I said I highly doubted there was any demand for Babe Ruth memorabilia amongst Estonians, so, if it looked okay, chances were it was genuine. I also added that European movie postcards were originally sold in Europe and collected by Europeans, who were as much of movie fans as we Americans (And notice that all of the Hollywood movie stars I just named were European), so it's perfectly reasonable that's where it would be found.

In short, its safe to buy Babe Ruth cards from Slovakia, Romania or Estonia, but only if you're in in Slovakia, Romania or Estonia.

The Babe Ruth/Harold Lloyd 'Speedy' postcard is a rare example of a Ruth item where it is perfectly reasonable for it to be being sold by a European on eBay. They were made in Germany and the text is in German.

The Ruth is a fake, but I can't say whether the Jackson is real or not.

The Jackson sold for $361.00. That's either a hell of a deal or an expensive reprint! :eek:

All his cards are fake.

Oddly, his stamps are ok.

$361 for a laser print glued to cardboard.......... grumble grumble, darn conscience grumble......

Steve B

Fastvakia is more like it
 

My longtime partner is from the Czech part of the former Czechoslavakia. She says that you can trust any vintage baseball cards coming from the Czech Republic, but beware of those conniving scammers from the backwater that is Slovakia...their cardboard is no good.

Brian

hotbed for early baseball fans....
 

As early history tells us, that entire region was a hotbed for early baseball fans. The family would sit by the fire and listen to the scores roll in from the US. The Carpathian Mountain range was vital to the introduction of slope side baseball but the sheer cliffs and steepness resulted in many parents punishing their children by throwing their early Babe Ruth cards off the cliff so to speak so early cards are extremely rare due to this anomaly. A recent Slovakian hiking contingent after searching high and low , found an old tin with 632 authentic Ruths in there. The weird thing is, the tin was a Bambino Smoking Tobacco tin. Coincidence? Hmmmm?!?!!?!?

The Ruths were about to be mailed to TPG companies in the US but due to the slow mail system in Slovakia, a tribal elder "blessed" the cards as authentic and this according to local legend was good enough.

:D

I'm still uncovering more about these mysterious Slovak gems and will update if more info comes in from my "sources". ;)

peace, mike

And unlike Kazakhstan, their potassium is inferior! :D

I dated a woman from the Czech Republic. She had nothing against the Slovakians, but didn't like Russia.

I know a Russian and a Ukrainian who are roommates in Seattle. If they can get along ...

I also know a woman from Moldova (of Moldovan wine fame). She told me that everyone in Moldova makes wine in their basement.

There are a lot of Eastern European immigrants in Seattle.