What is the hobby come to?

[base_ball]

If there are only a couple of these "art" pieces I doubt the Ruth estate would pursue any legal action. If someone tried to mass-produce them there would probably be a cease-and-desist letter in the fax machine within minutes.

I've always had a soft spot for those facsimile team balls. Maybe the time has come for a legitimate, properly licensed, but clearly-differentiated-from-the-real Ruth replica that sells for twenty bucks. It'd be a lot better--and cheaper--than a lot of the Ruth baseballs that are displayed on mantels.

[perezfan]

These are a bit different, as they look like they originally came from Coach's Corner, and are now on Ebay (being sold as replicas). So it is perhaps the reverse scenario of those posted above.

Equally disturbing though, is that these could be purchased cheap and resold as originals. Most of us would not be fooled by them (as they are pretty bad) but there are plenty of vulnerable collectors out there lacking knowledge, and looking for a deal.

Ebay should really ban all of these "replica balls" immediately....

http://shop.ebay.com/sanantoniospurs...&_trksid=p4340

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by perezfan

These are a bit different, as they look like they originally came from Coach's Corner, and are now on Ebay (being sold as replicas). So it is perhaps the reverse scenario of those posted above.

Equally disturbing though, is that these could be purchased cheap and resold as originals. Most of us would not be fooled by them (as they are pretty bad) but there are plenty of vulnerable collectors out there lacking knowledge, and looking for a deal.

Ebay should really ban all of these "replica balls" immediately....

http://shop.ebay.com/sanantoniospurs...&_trksid=p4340

What a pathetic person this guy is. "Hey world, I am a lousy forger but I still think some suckers will buy my sh--".
What a joke those baseballs are. What a joke that seller is.

[mr2686]

Expect some Jim Thorpe replicas soon as it looks like he's purchased some Thorpe photos. Interesting also that one of his purchases was a universal fit handcuff key. Maybe anticipating the future?

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Expect some Jim Thorpe replicas soon as it looks like he's purchased some Thorpe photos. Interesting also that one of his purchases was a universal fit handcuff key. Maybe anticipating the future?

The Thorpe photos are probably 10th generation reprints and putting a Thorpe forgery on those would look ridiculous.
As for the handcuff key,,, well give the man credit for advance preparation .

[vwtdi]

Some of the stuff I've seen recently on ebay has started to worry me. If I was emailed the pictures shown by blessed collectibles and asked for my opinion as to whether the card looked good or not (without knowing the measurements, without handling the card....and I will admit some of the N173s looked off) I'd have trouble saying they looked bad. Just now, I ran into this one and had to say something. Where are these coming from? Is blessed collectibles making them all? Has anyone held one of these cards?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...E:B:SS:US:1123

edited to add...I apologize all, I thought I was in the other forum, my bad. Bottom line is its getting worse and worse in all areas of baseball collecting. Autographs have been a problem for a while, 20th century cards to a lesser degree, now rarer 19th century advertising pieces and cards

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by vwtdi

Some of the stuff I've seen recently on ebay has started to worry me. If I was emailed the pictures shown by blessed collectibles and asked for my opinion as to whether the card looked good or not (without knowing the measurements, without handling the card....and I will admit some of the N173s looked off) I'd have trouble saying they looked bad. Just now, I ran into this one and had to say something. Where are these coming from? Is blessed collectibles making them all? Has anyone held one of these cards?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...E:B:SS:US:1123

edited to add...I apologize all, I thought I was in the other forum, my bad. Bottom line is its getting worse and worse in all areas of baseball collecting. Autographs have been a problem for a while, 20th century cards to a lesser degree, now rarer 19th century advertising pieces and cards

From the sellers advertisement on ebay:
"If this card was real it would sell in thousands."

Aside from his poor use of the English language why not just sprinkle fairy dust on the card and make it real?

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Ebay should really ban all of these "replica balls" immediately....

http://shop.ebay.com/sanantoniospurs...&_trksid=p4340

Ebay should either ban replicas period or they should make a separate category for replicas in ALL areas. Look up "Baseball" in cabinet photos and you will see a majority of them are repro crap that the seller is being coy about.