Info on 1952 Mickey Mantle

[raulus]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

This is like reading Chapter 1 of The Idiot's Guide to Scamming.

A new guy's first (and only) post is relating a fanciful story that plays upon everyone's dream of discovering a hugely valuable T206 Wagner or a 1952 Topps Mantle hidden somewhere. The use of his 'wife' is to basically say, "Look, I'm just a regular guy, everybody. You can trust me."

Since it is obviously a fake/reprint/whatever, why in high hell would someone keep it hidden away by taping it to the underside of a drawer??? Huh?????

Oy vey.

Definitely a great first post for the OP.

Maybe he was hoping we would all go nuts trying to contact him with a PM to buy it off him?

Or maybe he's hoping that we'll share all the reasons why it's obviously fake so that he can come up with a better fake the next time around?

[irv]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

This is like reading Chapter 1 of The Idiot's Guide to Scamming.

A new guy's first (and only) post is relating a fanciful story that plays upon everyone's dream of discovering a hugely valuable T206 Wagner or a 1952 Topps Mantle hidden somewhere. The use of his 'wife' is to basically say, "Look, I'm just a regular guy, everybody. You can trust me."

Since it is obviously a fake/reprint/whatever, why in high hell would someone keep it hidden away by taping it to the underside of a drawer??? Huh?????

Oy vey.

Exactly this, which we have seen in the past numerous times.

Like Raulus below. These clowns come in here and receive, unbeknownst to many it seems, information/tips on how to make their fakes better and/or more passable.

Originally Posted by raulus

Definitely a great first post for the OP.

Maybe he was hoping we would all go nuts trying to contact him with a PM to buy it off him?

Or maybe he's hoping that we'll share all the reasons why it's obviously fake so that he can come up with a better fake the next time around?

[ALR-bishop]

Then the less said the better about the variation with no stitches on the back baseball

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by raulus

Definitely a great first post for the OP.

Maybe he was hoping we would all go nuts trying to contact him with a PM to buy it off him?

Or maybe he's hoping that we'll share all the reasons why it's obviously fake so that he can come up with a better fake the next time around?

Bingoooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!