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Mike PeichLeon's experience today with the large collection of 70s to 90s cards, and Barry's comment about the Mantle signature, made me think: What cards/memorabilia had I been told about that got me excited, only to find the goldmine was non-existent?
A friend of mine recently told me about a signed 1950 Phillies ball that his aunt owned and was thinking of selling. According to the aunt, when his uncle was little, he caught a foul-ball hit by Rich Ashburn. After the game Ashburn signed the ball, liked the little kid, and took it to the locker-room for the entire team to sign it. My friend asked if I might be interested in having the ball for my collection, depending on what I thought it was worth. Damn right, I thought.
When he showed me the ball it was indeed signed by the team. But Whitey must have used an old mimeograph machine to copy everyone's signature since it was a facsimile signed ball. So much for truth in advertising.
What about the rest of you?
Cheers, Mike