SI article: All-Star Cafe Wagner Theft

[marzoumanian]

I skimmed the same piece at my local newsstand yesterday. My eyebrows raised when I read that the late Al Rosen bought the Wagner card on the cheap from the thieves. It wasn't until the authorities reached out to card dealers in the surrounding NYC area that he contacted them and said, "I might have the card you're looking for."
SI does have a True Crime website BUT this article has yet to post to it. Eventually it will. Take care.

Mark Arzoumanian

[chriskim]

Are u guys talking about this incident?

http://www.t206museum.com/page/periodical_88.html

[Baseballcrazy62]

Yes

[ALBB]

So what happened to Mr MInt ?... did somebody reimburse him ?
He didnt suspect anything with the seller who seems pleased in accepting these incredible LOW buy prices ?

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by ALBB

So what happened to Mr MInt ?... did somebody reimburse him ?
He didnt suspect anything with the seller who seems pleased in accepting these incredible LOW buy prices ?

He probably thought he over paid for it.

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

Looks like SI posted the link a couple hours ago. Could make a nice lunch break read:

https://www.si.com/sports-illustrate...tar-cafe-heist

[Sean]

I don't understand something in the article: The FBI didn't learn that the Wagner was missing until after they arrested Ramos, and he told them about it during questioning. But they only found him because Rosen had returned the stolen cards. So how could the FBI not know that the Wagner had been stolen and replaced with a fake? Unless Rosen only returned the Goudeys and MAGIE that the FBI was looking for but held on to the stolen Wagner.

I wish the story had gone into more detail about Rosen's cooperation with the FBI.