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1915 Sporting News Babe Ruth PSA 4 on Craigslist

orioles93orioles93 Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Just came across this and thought id post it here. I am not interested in buying it but i may ask him to send me some scans or something. Didnt know if anyone on the boards from around baltimore would want to inquire about it.

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  • lostdart58lostdart58 Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭
    Probably a scam......
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  • Sean1125Sean1125 Posts: 3,479
    I would bring a weapon... and an expert.
  • matthewbschultz83matthewbschultz83 Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭
    Ask to meet in a Denny's
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  • GoDodgersFanGoDodgersFan Posts: 1,392 ✭✭✭
    Man, I am close enough to Baltimore, but sounds too good to be true.

  • smtjoysmtjoy Posts: 617
    If you dont know what to look for on that card there are a ton of pretty good fakes out there, I would be very wary of that deal.
  • Probstein123Probstein123 Posts: 1,281 ✭
    no problem bringing cash to this deal....

    if you wanna , die...
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  • fkwfkw Posts: 1,766 ✭✭
    I agree with Probstein... Id do the transaction in a bank or police station, and have a long talk on the phone with the guy first.

    also know your M101-4/5 cards...the card is not rare, its actually fairly common for the Era, just as common as any other card in the 20 or so related sets
    and they are not from 1915, they are ALL from 1916, so thats a slight redflag right there as his info is misleading (even though some old flips did say "1915")

    and PSA had graded the reprint as authentic in the past, so be very careful if you are not an expert on this set.

    PSA-1 graded (Larry Fritsch reprint) M101-5 Babe Ruth fiasco

    the cons are even better now too, they can make a better reprint and put it in a real slab themselves and no longer need PSA to make a world class blunder image
  • bigred1bigred1 Posts: 667
    Just wait for the ebay listing
  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    I listed something on Craigslist yesterday (a truck hood) and it took exactly 35 minutes to receive the first scammer email. I hate Craigslist...
  • thunderdanthunderdan Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭
    make sure to provide your neighbor's address.
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  • Bigjohn69Bigjohn69 Posts: 737


    << <i>make sure to provide your neighbor's address. >>


    or better yet your mother in laws house,, lololol
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  • orioles93orioles93 Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I asked him for a pic and information about where he got it and this is what i recieved.

    "A dealer I work with brokered the deal from a private collector for me a few years ago. Here is a picture of the card. The back is blank so I didn't send a scan. Let me know how you want to proceed. I am showing the card this weekend to 3 different people. Two of the people have cash in hand and want to act quickly if we agree on a deal. The third would have to go to the bank first."



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    PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.51% Complete)


    PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.80% Complete)


    PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
  • vladguerrerovladguerrero Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭
    I guess two people are getting hosed, three if you count the guy that keeps his money in the bank.
  • fkwfkw Posts: 1,766 ✭✭
    the card inside the PSA-4 holder is a fake/reprint...
    the easiest way to tell on M101-4/5 is by the width of the gap between the image and the thin line around the image. this fake is well known and easy to spot, takes 1/4 second...


    this is an authentic card

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  • Sean1125Sean1125 Posts: 3,479
    No frosting on the edges of the slab either... Looks like PSA will need to revamp soon... Have never seen this problem with becketts slabs...
  • fkwfkw Posts: 1,766 ✭✭
    on the Craigslist card..... IMO I dont think PSA slabbed this card, they screwed up at least 1 time on this card about 10+ years ago and were laughed at for many years (some still laughing)...

    these "big gap" cards shouldnt fool anyone, the too wide gap thing has been known for about 15-20 years. there are also reprints now of the M101-4/5 that are closer to the authentic cards.

    this is the fake (link below) that can/will fool more people, the way to tell its a fake is the caption is too dark and too bold (look at the top and bottom of the "S" in BOSTON), and especially the card number. Also the card stock is off a bit.

    1916 M101-4/5 Babe Ruth reprint (tougher one to ID)
  • DerekDDerekD Posts: 388 ✭✭
    Is the right side of the slab frosty? It looks like he cropped it down to leave out the very right edge.
  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    The font on the PSA label is wrong. PSA has never used a "1" that looks like that.

    Fake card, fake flip.
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  • 1960toppsguy1960toppsguy Posts: 1,127 ✭✭
    DAMN . . . you guys are good
  • orioles93orioles93 Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>DAMN . . . you guys are good >>



    And thats why i post stuff on here to get opinions.
    What I Collect:

    PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.51% Complete)


    PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.80% Complete)


    PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    The flip has the classic "Craigslist fake" font.

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  • addicted2ebayaddicted2ebay Posts: 2,096 ✭✭✭✭
    Cards looks like the same scammer from ebay:

    http://www.ebay.com/csc/tmothyfun83/m.html?LH_Complete=1&_ipg=50&_since=15&_sop=13&_rdc=1

    Cards looks dark and distorted on ebay also.
  • orioles93orioles93 Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I called him out on it and all he said was, "I'll have it checked out."
    What I Collect:

    PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 80.51% Complete)


    PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.80% Complete)


    PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
  • Foo3112Foo3112 Posts: 1,961
    Oddly enough his post is deleted. Maybe he got a buyer or maybe he was getting too many people emailing him telling him it was a fake. When someone says something like "Ill check it out" after being called out on it, that's not a good sign.
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