Eagle8016 - I couldn't help myself

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Posted By: Adam J. Baxter

After reading the forum posts about this fine fellow, I decided to check out one of his auctions. I'm not going to ramble, but I'll share my e-mail to him with the board. I'll let you all know his response. I hope he's in a anger filled frenzy when he replies. Listed this obvious reprint with chewed up corners as MINT! He's not even trying to be subtle about this con. Seems to me he's begging to get busted.

Greetings,
I see in your description that you have this card listed as being in MINT condition. On what basis did you come to that conclusion? This card is certainly not in MINT condition, not even light years close. The rounded, damaged corners clearly give that away. If this were in fact an 1887 N28 Allen & Ginter's James Ryan in MINT conditon (which is rare and nearly unheard of) you would would be all the talk within the sports card collecting world. But I suppose the grade of this card really isn't important, since it's obviously a reprint. The back is too white, the reverse print should be blue in color, not bold black and the wear to the corners is NOT consistent with age/handling. You should know that putting cards up for auction as authentic, when they clearly are not, is a misrepresentation and a violation of ebay policy. So the only question is: Do you really believe that this is an authentic 1887 Allen & Ginter's James Ryan card in MINT condition or are
you trying to perpetuate fraud against other ebay members by offering a card that is clearly not authentic, but passing it off as genuine? I'd be interested to hear your opinion.
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Question from: new_england_league
Title of item: 1887 Allen & Ginters James Ryan
Seller: eagle8016
Starts: Aug-02-03 14:16:42 PDT
Ends: Aug-05-03 14:16:42 PDT
Price: Currently $42.00
To view the item, go to: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2745640208