Joe DiMaggio George Burke "Statue" on eBay

[jcmtiger]

Lance, I understand, I have been selling off most of my collection the last 2 years or so. I used to buy everything in the last 30 years, now I only buy something I can resell.

Joe

[doug.goodman]

From the ebay auction description :

"There is a stamp of Burke (1930's stamp) on the bottom of the base but Hunts covered it with the DiMaggio sticker"

What is wrong with people who place new stickers on old items? If they insist on doing it, can't they do it without covering things up?

[thecatspajamas]

Yeah, I kind of groaned when I read that too. I actually didn't realize he had stamped these as he did his photos until I read that in the eBay description, and was curious to see which stamp style he used, as that is one of the aspects of Burke's photos that I am researching. It wouldn't make or break the research, but would be interesting to compare, and had I won it, I would have been sorely tempted to peel back at least part of the sticker to see

[prewarsports]

I won it in MEARS but was not the seller on ebay. I have owned about 6 of these over the years (from different players estates) and ALL I have ever seen have come from the players themselves. It is real.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

...had I won it, I would have been sorely tempted to peel back at least part of the sticker to see

I would absolutely remove the sticker, if I owned it, assuming that I could do so without causing too much damage.