Fake Gehrig Award re-emerges

[scooter729]

Here was the original thread:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ruth+mvp+award

Looks like the winner of the original auction paid $717, and is now the same person listing it for $15,000. I mean, who wouldn't want to make a 2,000% return on your investment in a month?!?!

[pgellis]

His Babe Ruth award is also on the Bay for $15K

http://cgi.ebay.com/Babe-Ruth-1927-N...item4157ac7cc3

[Shoeless Moe]

Also, if you look at the bidding history on these 2 items from the original seller, both had a bidder with a (0) history bid and then retract. Done most likely by the original seller to either get the bidding going, or to see where the bid was at, and then both times retracted, trying to hid, but it shows when its over so they are busted.

[BrockJacob]

The guy who bought these and is reselling them has sold lots of quality stuff and has some other nice items available for sale so you would think he is not some naive collector who would be fooled by these clearly phony pieces. I dont really understand why he would lay out $1,200 for what he has to know are fakes then try to resell at a price that he has no chance in hell of getting.

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by BrockJacob

The guy who bought these and is reselling them has sold lots of quality stuff and has some other nice items available for sale so you would think he is not some naive collector who would be fooled by these clearly phony pieces. I dont really understand why he would lay out $1,200 for what he has to know are fakes then try to resell at a price that he has no chance in hell of getting.

Someone (another naive "collector") will do a best offer for $10,000 and he will accept it (why wouldn't he, right)

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by BrockJacob

The guy who bought these and is reselling them has sold lots of quality stuff and has some other nice items available for sale so you would think he is not some naive collector who would be fooled by these clearly phony pieces. I dont really understand why he would lay out $1,200 for what he has to know are fakes then try to resell at a price that he has no chance in hell of getting.

Sadly Brock, he is either a crook, and will take a MUCH lower offer, knowing he has junk, or is NOT at all knowledgable in this area.

The item itself is just so obvious it can't be real, esp w a similar Ruth, and the fact this stuff doesn't end up in a good auction house.

[jross2]

Look at this guys other items. I think he bought out a museum someplace! Some real scarce and valuable items up for sale. Hard to believe he would sell a fake of any kind. Hard to believe anybody could get one by him ! Jross2

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by jross2

Look at this guys other items. I think he bought out a museum someplace! Some real scarce and valuable items up for sale. Hard to believe he would sell a fake of any kind. Hard to believe anybody could get one by him ! Jross2

He has some great stuff, albeit a wild prices on some, but that doesn't mean anything. Most guys on here are MUCH smarter than Me on this stuff, but for sure, that is NOT an original award, especially after reading some really informed opinions on here.