Oh, they just keep coming........

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by Leon

That is a classic line. I will have to remember it. "This card is so freaking scarce I am selling it as a fake.'

You can't make that kind of stuff up.....

Obviously he did

[Brian Van Horn]

It is interesting how the original prices have dropped.

[pencil1974]

Here is a nice one. What scares me is there are people out there that are bidding on this...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-000-BABE-R...item43c93f4a1a

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by pencil1974

Here is a nice one. What scares me is there are people out there that are bidding on this...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-000-BABE-R...item43c93f4a1a

Yikes!

[pencil1974]

I'm sure this in not a photo just glued to a piece of card board right, has to be original...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1928-Exhibit...item5408f5b804

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by pencil1974

I'm sure this in not a photo just glued to a piece of card board right, has to be original...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1928-Exhibit...item5408f5b804

At least they are not claiming that is hand signed.

[steve B]

That Ruth has so much that's just wrong.

Aside from being a cabinet photo with a Ruth picture stuck on.

The stamp is from 1887, 20+ years after the civil war tax on photographs was repealed.
And it's a regular postage stamp not a tax stamp.
And the cancel is a typical postal cancel rather than what's typical for revenue use.

If it was a stamp from the 1860's used as a tax stamp, which did happen, it would be a fairly interesting illegal use. Probably not worth $99, but collectible and worth more than an ordinary cabinet photo. How much more would depend on the stamp.

So fake Ruth, fake revenue use of a postage stamp.

At least the cabinet mount looks like a real one...

Steve B