Slovakian reprints?

[GasHouseGang]

The Ruth is a fake, but I can't say whether the Jackson is real or not.

[auggiedoggy]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

The Ruth is a fake, but I can't say whether the Jackson is real or not.

The Jackson sold for $361.00. That's either a hell of a deal or an expensive reprint!

[steve B]

All his cards are fake.

Oddly, his stamps are ok.

$361 for a laser print glued to cardboard.......... grumble grumble, darn conscience grumble......

Steve B

[brianp-beme]

My longtime partner is from the Czech part of the former Czechoslavakia. She says that you can trust any vintage baseball cards coming from the Czech Republic, but beware of those conniving scammers from the backwater that is Slovakia...their cardboard is no good.

Brian

[vthobby]

As early history tells us, that entire region was a hotbed for early baseball fans. The family would sit by the fire and listen to the scores roll in from the US. The Carpathian Mountain range was vital to the introduction of slope side baseball but the sheer cliffs and steepness resulted in many parents punishing their children by throwing their early Babe Ruth cards off the cliff so to speak so early cards are extremely rare due to this anomaly. A recent Slovakian hiking contingent after searching high and low , found an old tin with 632 authentic Ruths in there. The weird thing is, the tin was a Bambino Smoking Tobacco tin. Coincidence? Hmmmm?!?!!?!?

The Ruths were about to be mailed to TPG companies in the US but due to the slow mail system in Slovakia, a tribal elder "blessed" the cards as authentic and this according to local legend was good enough.



I'm still uncovering more about these mysterious Slovak gems and will update if more info comes in from my "sources".

peace, mike

[auggiedoggy]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

My longtime partner is from the Czech part of the former Czechoslavakia. She says that you can trust any vintage baseball cards coming from the Czech Republic, but beware of those conniving scammers from the backwater that is Slovakia...their cardboard is no good.

Brian

And unlike Kazakhstan, their potassium is inferior!

[drcy]

I dated a woman from the Czech Republic. She had nothing against the Slovakians, but didn't like Russia.

I know a Russian and a Ukrainian who are roommates in Seattle. If they can get along ...

I also know a woman from Moldova (of Moldovan wine fame). She told me that everyone in Moldova makes wine in their basement.

There are a lot of Eastern European immigrants in Seattle.