As much as $600,000 in baseball memorabilia stolen from Don & Charlie's In Scottsdale

[bigfish]

Originally Posted by Ronnie73

I don't know anything about this place and I'm in no way an autograph expert but $600K? I would think you could find nearly everyone on that list in the $200 to $500 range, with the Ruth as the exception. So maybe more like 50K? I also find it kind of suspicious that the place is closing in less than 15 days. First thing that pops into my head is insurance fraud. How can you put a value of $600K on those baseballs unless you had them insured for $600K. It could just be my criminal mind thinking, but $600K would be a nice Grand Closing bonus. I mean absolutely no disrespect to the owners. I don't know them and being robbed is awful. Everyone has to realize that I come from a place where people would torch their business a week before getting kicked out, just to collect the insurance money on their equipment and start over in another location. I've seen it so many times. I even had a neighbor that had a vehicle fire and after the fire was out, he started throwing broken junk equipment into his truck and restarted the fire. The next day, the insurance guy comes down to determine the loss and he ends up with a new truck and all new equipment for nothing. Scumbag.

Pretty much sums it up

[ullmandds]

yup...sure looks like a scam to defraud insurance. That ruth ball is probably from coach's corner.

[Yastrzemski Sports]

Probably about 3-5k value of balls plus Ruth. If Ruth is fake then that’s what it is. Nice try.

[Jim65]

But they are "irreplaceable" and "unique" so $600,000 is probably low.

[rjackson44]

I like frank hes funny lol