Pawn Stars Fake Pete Rose Cards

[Orioles1954]

Tim,

They actually didn't appear that obviously fake. 1967 had a lot of QC issues and such coloring was not uncommon. I'm not saying they're real, but holding the cards would have been the deciding factor for me. It appeared that neither party knew much about baseball cards. Regardless, even if they were real, we're looking at 100-125?

[mintacular]

The cards did not look all that centered and all that sharp, probably EX-MT. So I disagree with the owners' saying since the cards looked "perfect" they were obvious fakes. Without holidng them, it's hard to say, perhaps the owner though in person did notice obvious color issues and they were indeed fakes but as a tv viewer hard to make that call...How many fake '67 roses are out there? I know the '63 is readily faked, but that one too?

[Abravefan11]

For the record I couldn't tell if they were good with the few quick shots on TV. According to Rick (the Pawn Shop owner) they were obvious fakes.

I agree neither party really seemed to know what they were talking about but if I had to place a bet I would think Rick was right. If you've watched enough of the episodes he seems to know the tell tale signs of fake vs original for a broad range of things.

[Rob D.]

My impression of the owner of the cards was that he wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.

"If these are fake, then what's real? Is my wife real? Is the cat real?"

Nice logic, Einstein.

[teetwoohsix]

I've been meaning to go into this pawn shop just to see if they do have anything pre-war(cards,of course,or other related items).
When I do,I will post about what I saw(or bought).
Sincerely,Clayton

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

I've been meaning to go into this pawn shop just to see if they do have anything pre-war(cards,of course,or other related items).
When I do,I will post about what I saw(or bought).
Sincerely,Clayton

Certainly something I would be curious about.

Cool show but I would like to see more about the place on the selling side of things.

How often do they actually realize their estimated values when they try to turn something that comes into the shop?

They do have an Ebay store which occasionally has some neat things when not over-populated by Pawn Stars souvenir trinkets.

[GrayGhost]

That show is GREAT. Chumlee and the Old Man are my favorites..haha.

They r replaying that episode tomorrow night, and I hope to watch it then.

[sox1903wschamp]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

My impression of the owner of the cards was that he wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.

"If these are fake, then what's real? Is my wife real? Is the cat real?"

Nice logic, Einstein.

I was watching and absolutely busted a gut laughing when I heard this.

[canjond]

The show is great. One of the original episodes from season 1 had a person trying to sell a '51 signed Yankee ball. While I remember the ball appearing to be authentic, the seller wanted some huge amount (like 20k or something)

[asoriano]

I can't get enough of this show. Actually, I just bought the first season on DVD via eBay.

The Rose cards were interesting, but I really liked the "helicopter" Rick purchased for $10,000.

American Pickers is a pretty neat show as well.