buyer beware

[theshleps]

There have been some large ads in the last SCD's from Leny Van Gend selling autographed items at too good to be true prices- 1960 Fleer of Cobb for $475, 1949 Jackie Robinson for $375 and many many more. Needless to say I called hoping to fill in some great cards I needed. He sent me about 100 different scans. Most of the higher priced items seemed definitley not authentic, a few I wasn't sure of and and a few were real. With all the suspect ones I was very hesitant to get the ones I wasn't sure of. The old adage "if it looks too good to be true, it probably is", holds true here.
I am not accusing Leny of wrong doing. He might be a sincere long time collector as he says who got many items signed through the mail in the 1960's as I did, but somehwere along the line he got many questionable ones mixed in

[bh3443]

Hi,
I have the 10/8 issue here and noticed many pages of ads featuring awesome and rare autographs. I can't find the guy you mentioned, what's his company name or what issue?
The issue I just got has a T206 Wagner for sale by B&E Collectibles, PSA-1, 345K, and a literal ton of rare signed vintage stuff. I mean hard to get auto's everywhere in a small magazine!
Please help me ID the bad stuff you mention.
Thanks,
Bill
PM me if its easier..... and thank you because my brothers looking for a signed Cobb card!
We had a local, as in same town, dealer that just passed away. He sold my brother single signed balls of Ted Williams, Mantle, Joe D., and 2 more that had certs but were turned down by the 2 big certifyers! My poor little brother took a hit for over a grand! He bought these in the mid 80's, pure white balls, supposedly signed at the 500HR club show, and all are bad. No recourse, as theres no estate to go after, just a big mess!

[FUBAR]

Bill

that Wagner is on ebay right now.... it is linked in the BIN at good prices section! I assume it is the same one as it is PSA 1 and 345K as well

[theshleps]

The seller was from WV. His first name was Leny but I forget the rest of his name. A few of the easier guys looked good but the Robinson, Dean and many others did not and looked like they were signed by the same guy. He knew alittle about autugraphs (Cobb was in green for instance) but I wouldn't trust them.