Potentially fake item on ebay

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Posted By: warshawlaw

5210479021

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31719&item=5210479021&rd=1

The item shows three HOF exhibit cards: Ruth, Ott and Paige. The Ruth image is the widely reprinted one from the 1948 HOF set, the Ott comes from the Salutations set and the Paige comes from the 47-66 set. All three cards are from the 1977 HOF set. At best this is a late 1970s recreation of a vintage machine header (ESCO had gone under and did not publish machine headers by then; the $0.01 per card price also was grossly out of date), not a 1950s header.

I am emailing the seller to inform him as well.

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Posted By: dan mckee

Please let us know how he responds.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

It has not been revised, and there are several bids on it. I'm not sure who is more pathetic, the seller for not researching the item (I'm assuming he did not know the facts) and putting it up there or the bidders for not spotting really obvious red flags.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

I received an email today from Henry Yee stating that the item had been taken down because it was counterfeit and that he missed it.