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Dan Mathewson...I dunno if you remember my spoofs or not... I had the "Matty photo, standing with Frodo Baggins, Ronald Reagan and Sam Kinison" and the other one which was a reprint Dark Cap that had a piece of paper towel taped to it (which I called a game worn jersey), a fake autograph and a drawn on Matty Moustache...
Both auctions drew a huge # of e-mails from people telling me how funny it was, etc etc. BUT...I had serious inquiries on both from several people asking about its authenticity, saying things like "I never knew Matty had a moustache for one season..." and on and on with comments/inquiries that were really so outrageously ridiculous, it makes you realize (unfortunately) that no matter what we do on this board, there is a market out there for the AAA rubbish and other sellers of garbage. (Truly, a fool and his money...) I should have saved some of the messages. I even had one guy send me a message saying something like "You may want to check the authenticity of your photograph becuase the character that plays Frodo Baggins, Elijah Wood, may have been too young to have been alive when Christy Mathewson was alive. I think the photo might be an overlay..." The guy actually said that, even after reading my outrageous spoof auction description. I was like: "Gee, no kidding?" That one gave me a huge laugh...