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Jack R.Regardless of purchased or complimentary copies,
The NY Post has a large circulation and is based in a major media center.
A bit more scope than a paper from Waterloo Iowa, for instance.
The publicity may not be all bad.
Most people are aware there is a possibility of false/altered artworks, jewelry, coins, and the like. Potential autograph forgery is also well known.
So, sportcards are not immune to similar "altering". Perhaps some of the general public did not concieve that a baseball card could be worth that much, and even be considered for alteration.