Its Coach's corner Auction time for September.

[RichardSimon]

Rumor has it that a John Hancock, George Washington, Ben Franklin and Sam Adams signed by all, 8x10 glossy, (Manufactured by Kodak) is in the next auction.
The only flaw is that Hancock personalized it to Benedict Arnold.
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[scooter729]

Oh man, the auction ended last night - the first page of the auction has three bad fakes which sold for $8K - $10K+ EACH!!! It's painful to watch this...

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by scooter729

Oh man, the auction ended last night - the first page of the auction has three bad fakes which sold for $8K - $10K+ EACH!!! It's painful to watch this...

Its totally disgusting. The people that buy this garbage, if they don't know what they are doing, are the biggest morons around. Thousands and Thousands of dollars tossed away on fake garbage. Some jerk payed over 600 for that fake Johnson baseball I had quoted, and as you said Scooter, the RIDICULOUS prices just on page one alone.

There really needs to be some sort of governing body to stop this kind of crap, if the law can't be called in on this. It gives a black eye to all of the dealers selling legit stuff out there too.

I may be just a nobody, w no funds for this stuff, it doesn't mean it doesn't bug me. Maybe someone can come up with an idea to stop this. Let me in on it if u do.

[tinkereversandme]

It bothers us all and it should bother the honest dealer as he can't compete with this kind of criminal activity, but unless the government makes a strong push to do something and take this seriously, nothing will ever get done.

Just look at these prices from CC:

Babe Ruth signed bat $1050
Christy Mathewson signed ball $1189
Beatles signed ball $1845
Ty Cobb signed Ramley cigarette carton $95
Ty Cobb single signed ball $210
Grover Alexander signed mini-ball $259
Babe Ruth signed jersey $589
Christy Mathewson signed check $216

They have Morales, STAT and TTA, Global (probably) and who the heck is AGS that has slabbed items with TTA's okay. It's just getting sicker over there.

Larry

[danc]

Morales isn't on that list? Maybe that's why STAT changed their name. I just took a peak and..I have two favorites...a ball signed by John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy fetched $190 and a 1925 team sheet signed by the Giants including Christy Mathewson and Ross Youngs sold for $290. What would you estimate the value on the pair? $60,000? More? Not bad for less than $500, huh?

DanC