Last night, a hobby enthusiast and myself had a late night Instant Message session as we agreed to be horrified by the offerings of "Roach's Corner".
We passed about links, like this one:
http://www.myccsa.com/Lot.aspx?LotID=193659
An Eddie Gaedel signed cut? The best part is the description..."value is many times our opening bid". Well, the bidding at the time was $30, so what did it start out at? $10...so maybe $30 is a fair price for something valued in the thousands. How many of these exist?
And then this, which shows up OFTEN in their catalogs.
http://www.myccsa.com/Lot.aspx?LotID=192698
Ali and Jordan signed poster..."grades a spectacular 11 on a 1-10 scale. It was IN PERSON obtained by our consigner and best of all, comes with our own famed lifetime guarantee". Who is this consignor exactly? This person REALLY OBTAINED these in person and has trusted Coach's Corner to be their vendor? And what kind of guarantee (famed guarantee?) comes with it, when the high bidder will probably steal it for under $200. After all, Ali and Jordan are SOOOO EASY.
I guess we could have gone on and on and on, but who exactly are these bidders?
We enjoy talking about them (CCSA) on this site (and other sites), but who gets the last laugh in all of this? Can you say brazen? Can you say "a brass pair"?
Last month, on the first page of the prices realized list, we saw the following: Roberto Clemente Autographed/Appraised/Certified Baseball ($305), Christy Mathewson Giants hand written/signed/certified letter ($1,531), "Sitting Bull" Autographed/Certified Cut Signature! ($180), Benedict Arnold Autographed/CERTIFIED Cut Signature with his Rank ($141), Jimmie Foxx Autographed/CERTIFIED Baseball ($473) and you get the idea.
It's simply frightening is all....and very, very sad.
Regards,
Larry