George Washington Hair from Ginter on ebay

1989FleerBillRipkencollector · August 27, 2007 1:08AM

@ $8,300

Im still the high bidder !!

ebay auction

Stingray · August 27, 2007 1:19AM

Well at least it is straight!!

BunchOBull · August 27, 2007 1:21AM

It was posted last night, but we can use a refresher.

BunchOBull · August 27, 2007 1:22AM

The question is, if this is # GW2, what is GW1?

1989FleerBillRipkencollector · August 27, 2007 1:34AM

<< The question is, if this is # GW2, what is GW1? >>

I think theres 3. From the sell sheet the other one had a different pic.

nam812 · August 27, 2007 1:37AM

Clearly says 1/1 on the back of the card.

ajw · August 27, 2007 1:41AM

Washington Washington

nam812 · August 27, 2007 2:05AM

<< Washington Washington >>

Thinking that was going to be somehow revelant, I watched it. lol Oh well.

1989FleerBillRipkencollector · August 27, 2007 2:17AM

<< Clearly says 1/1 on the back of the card. >>

Yeah, GW2 is a 1/1

GW1 is a 1/1

GW3 is a 1/1

Nascar360 · August 27, 2007 2:24AM

There was an article or question and answer about these cards in the new Beckett. There are three cards each numbered 1/1 and the hair is from someone on Martha's (Washington) side of the family.

BobaFett72 · August 27, 2007 2:30AM

maybe we can buy it and clone a new president

CDsNuts · August 27, 2007 2:54AM

I can't wait til next year- I hear A&G will be inserting cards with a dried up piece of Abraham Lincoln's scrotum sack.

Is it me or is this just getting more stupid by the minute?

Lee

jamesryanbell · August 27, 2007 2:58AM

<< I can't wait til next year- I hear A&G will be inserting cards with a dried up piece of Abraham Lincoln's scrotum sack.

Is it me or is this just getting more stupid by the minute?

Lee >>

It's definitely "out there", but I don't think it's totally stupid. There's obviously a market for it, so..........

Well you get the idea.

rube26105 · August 27, 2007 4:13AM

it getting pretty stupid lee, fidel castrol auto lol,next year theyl prob have pol pot or idi amein,maybe a charles mason artifact just for kicks
randy

TZAHL · August 27, 2007 4:16AM

Has anyone seen any articles or releases from Topps about how they can prove this is real?

JohnnyD · August 27, 2007 4:20AM

I thought I read somewhere that you can not sell something on ebay that contains DNA...heck the title for the card even emphasizes the dna aspect...maybe I am wrong?

stevek · August 27, 2007 4:21AM

NOTES: THIS IS THE ONE WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, THE GEORGE WASHINGTON 1/1 HAIR RELIC, THIS IS ACTUAL HAIR NOT A WIG AND WAS ACQUIRED FROM HIS DAUGHTER THIS IS A TRULY AMAZING CARD AND SURE TO BE ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT COLLECTIBLES FOR YEARS TO COME, OWN A PIECE OF HISTORY FROM OUR FIRST PRESIDENT, THE VALUE IS PRICELESS, ULTRA RARE!!!

I'd say the chances of this being Washington's hair is about as close to zero as mathematically possible.

rube26105 · August 27, 2007 4:24AM

i havnt seen anything,, it could be hair they plucked from willie the wino or a cat for all i know, they can say anything they want and cover it up with a good story from the supposed family with some $,a scientific dna match to george from a lab in my peresence is the only way id believe it ,supposed t be some info on the the topps site about it ,so it says on the back of the card

mtcards · August 27, 2007 7:42AM

"Acquired from his daughter"

Yep, lets see, his daughter had to have died in 1850 at the latest? Some dude had it for that long and they are applying the "mysterioius dude authentication theory" on it.

Carew29 · August 27, 2007 8:20AM

So how much is PSA going to charge for this DNA test??

CDsNuts · August 27, 2007 8:45AM

All I have to do is put my hand down my pants and I can pull a whole bunch of Lincoln beard hairs.

What's the infatuation with Lincoln's junk, you ask? I wish I had the answer for you.

PasadenaMudSlide · August 27, 2007 10:29AM

All I have to do is put my hand down my pants and I can pull a whole bunch of Lincoln beard hairs.

Nice lingo, Lee!

BobaFett72 · August 27, 2007 10:48AM

maybe next year they can have Oprah's 1/1 curly ass hair.

PasadenaMudSlide · August 27, 2007 11:26AM

maybe next year they can have Oprah's 1/1 curly ass hair.

Ugh.

QUITCRAB · August 27, 2007 12:12PM

I have hair like that on my shower wall..I dont know how it gets up so high on the wall..Its not one of one..its one of many!!!

CDsNuts · August 27, 2007 12:56PM

This thread is getting out of hand. I, for one, am offended.

Publius · August 27, 2007 1:29PM

<< NOTES: THIS IS THE ONE WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, THE GEORGE WASHINGTON 1/1 HAIR RELIC, THIS IS ACTUAL HAIR NOT A WIG AND WAS ACQUIRED FROM HIS DAUGHTER THIS IS A TRULY AMAZING CARD AND SURE TO BE ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT COLLECTIBLES FOR YEARS TO COME, OWN A PIECE OF HISTORY FROM OUR FIRST PRESIDENT, THE VALUE IS PRICELESS, ULTRA RARE!!!

<< 

Geo never had any children, and his stepdaughter died when she was young.

Im going to have to go with Lees theory on where this one came from, Ron Jeremys back hair.

rube26105 · August 27, 2007 1:38PM

you imagine what this hair is from ned the wino or a cat is going to go for?lol-i think i would need some genetic proof,im not buying this story, i think it would be easier to get one of fidel castros hairs that it would washintons,whats next,one from king tut-"burierd with a donkey-hes my favorite honkey-king tut"-steve martin

1989FleerBillRipkencollector · August 27, 2007 1:40PM

In the new Beckett Topps says they rec'd it from a veteran hair collector who is in the Guiness Book of World records for his collection. Good enough for me. Im all in. See me? Im the high bidder.

Publius · August 27, 2007 1:42PM

<< you imagine what this hairfrom need the wino or a cat is gong to go for?lol-i think i would need some genetic proof,im not buying this story, i thinkiwould be easier to get one of fidel castros hairs that it would wasinhtons,what next,one from king tut-"burierd with a donkey-hes my favorite honkey-king tut"-steve martin >>

What you drinkin tonight Rube?

rube26105 · August 27, 2007 2:28PM

me and lee are hooting it up over this one! lol
i guess if people collect 500,000$ bottles of beer,people collect hair

jrinck · August 27, 2007 4:42PM

<< All I have to do is put my hand down my pants and I can pull a whole bunch of Lincoln beard hairs.

What's the infatuation with Lincoln's junk, you ask? I wish I had the answer for you. >>

I just cut off some of John Wilkes Booth's nose hair, wanna team up and make a sweet 1 of 1?

yankeeno7 · August 27, 2007 6:12PM

<< In the new Beckett Topps says they rec'd it from a veteran hair collector who is in the Guiness Book of World records for his collection. Good enough for me. Im all in. See me? Im the high bidder. >>

What makes a person a hair collector? I mean, at least I like baseball and football and that is why I collect sports cards and memorabilia. Someone with a hair fettish? Do they dig graves up to get hair of dead people? Man, that would be some wierd collection.

scooter729 · August 27, 2007 9:16PM

My apologies for attempting to add actual value and knowledge to this insightful discussion, but John Reznikoff (sp?) with University Archives and now with PSA / DNA is probably that Guiness record holder and collector of famous hair. There was a profile of him somewhere recently - he has hair from every US President or something like that in his collection.

I'm not sure how to prove it or exactly what the interest is, but just reporting what I know....

Brian48 · August 27, 2007 11:12PM

This is just distasteful. Capitalism showing it's ugly side. It's just disrespectful auctioning off a relic of someone so important in such a tacky manner.

BobaFett72 · August 27, 2007 11:37PM

Next month on Ebay i'm going to sell my used band aid collection as well as my nude photos of Mother Theresa (before she was Nun, she was a pole dancer) hopefully they will pay for my vacation

Morgoth · August 28, 2007 12:17AM

couldn't they just run a DNA test on it to prove it was real? I am sure there are enough "verified" Washington organic samples to compare this to but it would cost alot of money.

RipublicaninMass · August 28, 2007 12:53AM

<< maybe next year they can have Oprah's 1/1 curly ass hair. >>

actually 1/1 would be a straight a$$ hair

mother Teresa was a pole-dancer, I had no idea she was Polish. You know what they did when the needed a new pope? They took a Pol(l)

jamesryanbell · August 28, 2007 1:28AM

<< This is just distasteful. Capitalism showing it's ugly side. It's just disrespectful auctioning off a relic of someone so important in such a tacky manner. >>

What's tacky about it? No one's trashing George or stomping on his grave. People want the card, and think it's pretty cool (hence the high dollar bids).

I mean, I know it's "out there" and strange when it comes to cards, but I don't think it's irreverent or anything.

-- Ryan

scooter729 · August 28, 2007 1:47AM

<< 

<< This is just distasteful. Capitalism showing it's ugly side. It's just disrespectful auctioning off a relic of someone so important in such a tacky manner. >>

What's tacky about it? No one's trashing George or stomping on his grave. People want the card, and think it's pretty cool (hence the high dollar bids).

I mean, I know it's "out there" and strange when it comes to cards, but I don't think it's irreverent or anything.

-- Ryan >>

It's actually not all that weird. If you do a quick search on ebay, you'll see hair for Lincoln, JFK, Marilyn Monroe, etc. Washington hair has sold before, but it's usually in the hundreds. The only thing crazy here is the price.

I've never bought (nor do I intend to buy) anyone's hair, but have been intrigued by the auctions and watched them before.

Brian48 · August 28, 2007 1:52AM

I dunno. Granted, it's not anything that would get me incensed. I mean free enterprise is free enterprise. I just don't think it's very dignified given who George Washington is.

rube26105 · August 28, 2007 9:18AM

you think this is bad , look at the baseball bat style cut tooth 1/2 in 1/2 in, now its better lol

gamehunter · August 28, 2007 9:19AM

Reznivkoff has a lot in his collection but the Shigley collection was supposed to have had the most hair locks ever of famous people with thousands of different ones. Did Upper Deck get some of those from Shigley or his estate after he died? Shigley even had most of the old baseball great locks of hair, like Ruth, Gehrig etc.

Blackborder · September 5, 2007 2:15AM

Anyone know why ebay killed the auction?

bhelser · September 5, 2007 3:47AM

Don't know why the other was pulled but here is the current

G-W Hair

rube26105 · September 5, 2007 3:54AM

beats me,i thought it would be sold by now?prob question of authenticity or something, selling dna parts, ebay has so many stupid rules its hard to tell,looks like ebay pulled it for some reason as item# is no longer there, if guy selling it ended it at least the ifo would be there???
randy

1989FleerBillRipkencollector · September 5, 2007 5:28AM

ebay pulled it.

Why is now the question. So many ways to get a auction pulled. I had one pulled as my auction contained an opinion. Uh all auction have opinions. I guess they didnt like mine that was a auction making people aware of the Ginter 1/1 sketch scam many were doing.

Seller could of easily posted something in there like that and then report himself so he can re-list it w/o paying initial fees and get more exposure. A backdoor plan.

RipublicaninMass · September 5, 2007 5:43AM

What do you think the hair would be worth if NOT in the 1/1 card? Probably get his whole pony tail!

nam812 · September 5, 2007 6:06AM

All my relics/autos fronts have the "colored leafs" on the frame of the card in the upper left and lower right, and then reversed on the back.

This George Washington hair relic has the colored leafs in the upper right and lower left on the front and again on the back. Same position front and back? Unless thats only on the 1/1 relics, it's seems strange.

Blackborder · September 5, 2007 7:15AM

<< you think this is bad , look at the baseball bat style cut tooth 1/2 in 1/2 in, now its better lol >>

This one?

rube26105 · September 5, 2007 7:34AM

lol-nice bat card-wonder what the others 2 george relics are- cloth and autograph maybe?its not like george never signed anything, if topps had enuff $ to buy one,or get a nice butchered one like the teresa!

George Washington Hair from Ginter on ebay

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