Ball goes for $200,000 on Ebay?!?!!?!?!?!!

[Shoeless Moe]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Babe-Ruth-Signed...item45fa235633

No way?

Way?

[bobbyw8469]

Good day Mr Ruth!

[novakjr]

Buyer immediately left scammer feedback. Don't know why, but for some reason, I've got the feeling it was a legit auction though..

[ChrisGalbreath]

Check the feedback for the seller - it doesn't appear this baseball actually traded for the sale price.

hofautos4 was the buyer and has a couple of really weird purchases on the same day. Just my thoughts...

[Shoeless Moe]

Is this the Gem Mint 10 that is now advertising on this Site? Perhaps they can enlighten us as to what happened.

Not sure why the buyer would leave that feedback.

[ChrisGalbreath]

The buyer spent $400,000 in an 18 second time span on May 4th. Nothing seems right about this transaction.

Too bad for the seller...

[TONY-III]

Hello everyone,
This is Tony Garcia III, President of Gem Mint Auctions, Inc. The buyer, who has only 12 total feedbacks and has never purchased anything over $40, bought the ball at the buy-it-now price of $200K. We pretty much knew right away it was not a legitimate sale, however we are forced to play by Ebay's rules and wait 4 days for him to pay. We sent the invoice and a couple of emails requesting payment and, of course, never heard from the buyer. We filed the non-paying bidder with Ebay and meanwhile, the buyer left bad feedback. Ebay has assured us that the feedback will be removed once the non-paying bidder request is processed - we'll see! Unfortunately, this is sometimes the type of people you run into on Ebay. We will relist the ball soon.

Meanwhile, feel free to check out our "Sneak Peak" for our upcoming auction at GemMintAuctions.com We've got some great consignments already. Check back often as new items are being added weekly!

[David Atkatz]

I suppose, in this great country of ours, Tony, one is free to ask any price one chooses--no matter how absurd.

But--my well-nurtured cynicism notwithstanding--I find it hard to believe that even those with "more money than brains" would bite at this.

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

I suppose, in this great country of ours, Tony, one is free to ask any price one chooses--no matter how absurd.

But--my well-nurtured cynicism notwithstanding--I find it hard to believe that even those with "more money than brains" would bite at this.

I think he's using eBay for free advertising for his auction. I don't think he expects a sale.

[benjulmag]

Just curious...what's a ball like that reasonably worth?

[RichardSimon]

In this great world we live in, where a grilled cheese sandwich can sell for $25,000 or so (true story) , why would we be surprised by something like this?
The owner of this website has never posted here before, where else can he get free publicity like he is now getting?
And he owns an auction website,,, doesn't the hobby need one of those?