More crap.....

[barrysloate]

I thought it was a religious thing, like a Jesus fish or something. Guess I read too much into it.

[batsballsbases]

Barry,
Emoticons can be a language into its own. There are so many symbols and meanings you could write a book in it or use it as code. Example B-) means cool -@--@- means eye glasses. Its very intresting. And you thought I only collected pins!

[barrysloate]

I'm out of that loop Al...but I find it interesting. I also miss every abbreviation, and it gets me frustrated.

[batsballsbases]

I feel for you Barry!! Now watch the person probably just hit a few extra keys at the end of God Bless just to throw us off the trail that he is a fraud. See if you press the winking smiley that little symbol that comes up when you type is an Emoticon!!!!!!!!!

[drc]

I think it means someone screaming because he has a pencil in his left eye.

[drc]

Also, if the seller is making them, this is forgery and against the law, plain and simple-- irrelevant to what weasel "I dunno I jus a lil kid" disclaimer used. You don't have to claim something is 100% authentic to go to prison for forgery-- you only have to make and sell a forgery and not make it crystal clear to the buyer that he is not purchasing an original. If you made a reprint, you have no legal option but to say as clear as day its a reprint at sale. Saying "it could be" or "or I think it might be" won't hack it, because you know it isn't.

[jcmtiger]

From ebay auction "I do not think the image is original and I believe it to be a reprint".

Seems clear to me that it is a reprint.

Joe

[ChiefBenderForever]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

I thought it was a religious thing, like a Jesus fish or something. Guess I read too much into it.

That's pretty funny ! Like when Elaine took the Jesus fish off Puddys car and then he and the priest said she was going to hell.

[barrysloate]

Exactly.

[slidekellyslide]

Even more crap from a different ebay ID..he or she has a slug of these fake cabinets on ebay right now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1888-New-York-Ba...item4cecdb781e

And don't you find it odd that both these sellers use the same patterned cloth background yet one is in PA and the other is in Indiana?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Female-Base-Ball...item2558105eef

[2dueces]

Even worse crap. This actually pulled in over $150.00. Seller had 2 more that did pretty well also. What a racket.

E-bay #290385180513

[slidekellyslide]

I had a back and forth email conversation with M-n-M Sportscards last night and this morning and they have agreed to put "Reprint" in the title of their auctions from here on out. They are not the same seller that is in Indiana, but they did in fact purchase 300 of these repro cabinets from them.

Edited to add: I notice they have done this already with the ones they have listed that do not have bids yet. Much appreciated on their part.