Massive theft at Dallas card show, Nearly 2 Million Dollars worth of cards stolen

[Leon]

Originally Posted by G1911

The idea that a crime should be discussed but without any discussion of how it happened or why or any practical lessons that can be learned is a little amusing. These things are normal matters of discussion for a crime in any other hobby or place. The list of things collectors don’t want anyone to discuss is just too long to keep up with.

Seems everything gets discussed. You should be fine.
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[G1911]

Originally Posted by Leon

Seems everything gets discussed. You should be fine.
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Hence why I said "don't want to be discussed" instead of "censor from discussion".

[tjisonline]

Dr Jim and Rich talking about the robbery

https://youtu.be/s8H682uThMs?si=BH41uHZ8gE-g9W07

[ALBB]

every time I watch that vid, and see that dude flying down the isle and getting incredibly animated with the worker to distract him, I wonder what was he talking nonsense BS about ??

like " look at my phone, the next show I can get you a table with chrome legs " and " see the glare you get when you set up at this spot, you wanna be here next time " , all the while peeking at his buddy walking away with the case

just crazy

[gregndodgers]

Here's pics of thief with the large watch.

[gregndodgers]

Pics of the thief who grabbed the cards. Many of the thieves had tattoos.

[samosa4u]

A lot of people are also assuming that these guys are "Americans" and that people will "recognize" them. They could be illegal aliens. And maybe they are not even in America now!

As for finding those cards, man, that's gonna' be tough. Sure, a few are rare, like that WWG DiMaggio, Caramel Ruth, Sporting News Jacksons, etc. However, all the others are not. For example, up here in Canada, there are hundreds of people who own that 52T Mantle. I know that for a fact. They're always turning up here and there. Now, imagine how many there are in the US? And as for the other cards, there are probably thousands of them in the US. These guys could sit on them for about a year and then just slowly put them back into the marketplace. I know they're graded, but they can get cracked out and the raw cards can get worked on a little bit in order to prevent anyone from matching them with older scans. And even if they don't work on them, I doubt that a year from now anyone is gonna' be doing checks on their newly-purchased cards. People are just gonna' be so absorbed in their own problems and will totally forget about all this.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by gregndodgers

Pics of the thief who grabbed the cards. Many of the thieves had tattoos.

Seems to me that 75% of men under age 50 have prominent tattoos. But maybe I'm just hanging out on the Jersey Shore too much.

But it is interesting. . . .if you were a professional operator like everyone is suggesting this team was, why would you expose something distinctive like a large tattoo on your arm.

Of course. . . it could be a fake tattoo. And that could be fake facial hair.