Tim Keefe "auto"
 

His other autographs include Rose, Canseco, Mattingly and a couple more.
Yeah, this one makes a lot of sense.

And the Canseco doesn't even look right. And his Reggie is laughable.

You'd think trying to sell something as rare as Keefe, he'd at least try to make up some kind of back story. His auction description is as generic as they come. That always amazes me.

What about the card? That card is worth at least $500 isn't it?

The white dot in the left hand corner makes it look fake to me. Along with the grainy picture and fake wear.

I asked about the card on the card side. Seems the consensus is that the card is a repro.

http://net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=162225&page=2

It's a cheap fake, but the seller insists that it is real.

Based on his response to my question, it's probably safe to bid as high as you would like.

"This is a original 1887 card, this is not a copy.

- texasterry44"

POOF...It's Gone.

I wonder what some of these people are thinking. There are so many legitimate ways to make money and have fun - it must be the thrill of screwing others and getting away with it. Strange.

It's baaaaack!
 

Hilarious...he adds the consignment receipt to the auction to somehow authneticate this thing? It says right on the receipt "pending inspection." It obviously failed that inspection. No auction house in their right mind would turn this item away, if legit, because of an "overabundance of sports memorabilia." What a jack@$$...

Jackasses seem to grow on trees on ebay, from the very top of the food chain to the dregs on the bottom of the food chain.
I am sure EMR will get this pulled again and the sellers "friend" will have to sell something else to get the cash he is so desperate for.

I'm sorry I'm missed that, as it is gone again.

If authentic, what would this sell for in an REA auction? 15K?

I'm glad to see it yanked again after this lame response from the seller, below, with my original question:

I'm having a very hard time believing that an auction house would turn away this item because of an "overabundance of sports memorabilia." They had so many $100 signatures they couldn't make room for one that could fetch several thousand? That just sounds fishy. What were the results of the "pending inspection" that is printed on your receipt?


I'm selling this card for a friend who is hurting for cash. I wanted to send the card out to have it graded but he needs the cash ASAP ! I know absolutely nothing about this card. I only know what he has told me. He thinks Sothrbys misplaced the card and couldnt find it in time for the auction and just told him there was no room in the auction for this card. He said it took 3 months to get the card back bc they said they misplaced it. When he finally got it back from Sothrbys he just put it away. But now he needs the money. I'm about 99% sure that the signature on the back is not real. The card is worn and I think sombody just wrote the players name on the back so they would know who it was on the card. But the card is definately an original Old Judge.


Unbelievable....99% sure it's not real? That certainly how it was stated in the auction. In fact, the original listing had a Q&A posted where he stated it was indeed signed on the back by Keefe. What a joke.

And to his statement about someone writing the name on the back, it sure seems odd someone would write the name almost exactly the way Keefe's signature would have looked. Maybe the lamest attempt to justify selling a forgery I've ever seen.

Much more than that