1921 Shotwell Babe Ruth on News

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Hmmm wonder which “auction place back east” told him the card will open at $1.5 million and sell for $4.5 million. Let’s assume it wasn’t REA because, well, you know. Who’s left?

It needs to be on the wall at Yankee stadium next to Ruth’s jersey, or was it bad. Heck, I don’t remember
He says he doesn’t have to sell it because he has other high end cards to sell. (And oh my, they are high end!)
And I wonder what those plastic cases are around his other high end cards? Maybe that might lend a clue as to how to seek authentication? Maybe? Nope, let’s call an anthropology professor. Sounds about right. Check the pulp!
Great way to start the morning. Extremely entertaining!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Fresno State Anthropology professor John Pryor studies items such as Native American artifacts. Baseball cards are new to him but he analyzed the lab results of the Babe Ruth card.

There you go.

[calvindog]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it but this story sounds eerily like the two guys with the fake Wagner. Didn’t they also get a lab to authenticate the age of the card instead of letting PSA or SGC have at it?

[packs]

Who was the expert who put a 4.5 million dollar tag on it?

[Yastrzemski Sports]

I thought he would have gone away by now. He’s really trying for 20 minutes here.

[yanksfan09]

Originally Posted by packs

Who was the expert who put a 4.5 million dollar tag on it?

Don't worry, the bidding will start around a meager 1.5 mil.

[barrysloate]

There are so many things wrong with this story that you don't know where to begin.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

There are so many things wrong with this story that you don't know where to begin.

For me the anthropologist is the highlight.

[yanksfan09]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it but this story sounds eerily like the two guys with the fake Wagner. Didn’t they also get a lab to authenticate the age of the card instead of letting PSA or SGC have at it?

That's what it's reminded me of from the start. If the card was authentic there would be no need to seek out local news stations and "forensic analysists" that can help give credibility to it.

You would just send it in to PSA or SGC and then off to a major auction house.

But, we all know that. It is entertaining though, and he's certainly getting attention.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it but this story sounds eerily like the two guys with the fake Wagner. Didn’t they also get a lab to authenticate the age of the card instead of letting PSA or SGC have at it?

Same hat, different ass.

[Shoeless Moe]

The tears are him setting himself up for a GoFundMe page when this comes crashing down, so everyone feels for him.

[iowadoc77]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

The tears are him setting himself up for a GoFundMe page when this comes crashing down, so everyone feels for him.

Thanks for the laugh. May or may not have spit out my coffee reading this.

Life is going to be hard when the whole family is no longer “set” due to this 4.5 million dollar windfall. Someone let us know when the auction starts so I can get my placeholder bid in. Want to be ready for spirited last hour bidding.

[shagrotn77]

How much would this card potentially go for if it were real (which I know it’s not)? According to VCP, the PSA 1.5 sold for $6K plus. How on Earth would anyone arrive at a $4.5 million estimate???

[pokerplyr80]

I wonder if he could use the press this has gotten to take the card and his $4 million appraisal to a bank as collateral for a loan he had no intention of paying back. Someone who has seen the story but knows nothing about cards might just push it through.

[Yastrzemski Sports]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I wonder if he could use the press this has gotten to take the card and his $4 million appraisal to a bank as collateral for a loan he had no intention of paying back. Someone who has seen the story but knows nothing about cards might just push it through.

There are a lot of those people. The reporters for instance.
I used to work for a newspaper. Their first duty of a reporter is to expose truth and tell the whole story. It’s sad because it’s obvious that these reporters did no due diligence in their effort. It would have been great for the reporter to have empowered themself to ask an intelligent question instead of allowing the guy with the card to run the story. They could have exposed him as a fraud and a fool instead of the headline “It’s real”. We depend on reporters to get it right - not to mail in a half assed job.