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What a joke ('52 Mantle 9)

shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,627 ✭✭✭✭
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The card on today's paper almost looks real...almost.

eBay Mantle Scammer
"My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."

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  • SportsItUpCardsSportsItUpCards Posts: 2,547
    I really can't see why its fake? Is it fake? If so, how? How can you tell?

    Giovanni
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,627 ✭✭✭✭
    You can tell by the looks of the card that it's fake. Plus a zero feedback bidder lists a card like that for only 3 days??? And the image over the newspaper is a total Photoshop job.
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • SportsItUpCardsSportsItUpCards Posts: 2,547
    Why hasen't anybody reported this auction? Can't ebay tell if something is photoshoped or not? Both seller and buyer are greedy if you ask me, lol. Sure, the seller is 100% at fault, if it is indeed a fake, but the buyer sure must be very greedy to fall for it! image

    Giovanni
  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭

    image

    The newspaper is flat, but the plastic holder and the card are warped image
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  • SportsItUpCardsSportsItUpCards Posts: 2,547
    Thats some good work he did there, he had me fooled, lol. I mean, we still gotta image, thats a given! image

    Giovanni
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,627 ✭✭✭✭
    I reported the auction this morning. Obviously eBay hasn;t taken action yet.

    The thing that's really got me scratching my head (well one of the things) is that this auction keeps getting bumped back to the top of recently listed cards. VERY weird.
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • SportsItUpCardsSportsItUpCards Posts: 2,547


    << <i>I reported the auction this morning. Obviously eBay hasn;t taken action yet.

    The thing that's really got me scratching my head (well one of the things) is that this auction keeps getting bumped back to the top of recently listed cards. VERY weird. >>



    I think thats when they pay like 40 bucks or something to make their item show up at the top of the page.

    Giovanni
  • tennesseebankertennesseebanker Posts: 5,434 ✭✭✭
    The cert # shows this card in the James White collection, Seems like it would have provenance listed on the holder if it was listed in the verification as such.
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  • SportsItUpCardsSportsItUpCards Posts: 2,547
    And i'm surprised that out of the million collector's here, that nobody has checked it out yet image

    Giovanni
  • JackWESQJackWESQ Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭
    If you type in the Certification number on PSA's website, it says:

    Year: 1952
    Brand: TOPPS
    Player: MICKEY MANTLE
    Variety: JAMES WHITE COLLECTION
    Grade: 9

    Does anyone know who James White?

    /s/ JackWESQ
    image
  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,178 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>If you type in the Certification number on PSA's website, it says:

    Year: 1952
    Brand: TOPPS
    Player: MICKEY MANTLE
    Variety: JAMES WHITE COLLECTION
    Grade: 9

    Does anyone know who James White?

    /s/ JackWESQ >>



    Yes, he's not the seller in this auction. image
    https://ebay.com/sch/gemint/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
  • cavaliercavalier Posts: 129
    This same card was sold by Memory Lane back in December
    Mantle Card



  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,627 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Yes, he's not the seller in this auction. >>



    image
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • dizzledizzle Posts: 1,051 ✭✭


    << <i>image

    The newspaper is flat, but the plastic holder and the card are warped image >>



    Also The slab is sitting on a "white newspaper" but yet you can clearly see a all black background through the clear plastic...that's just crazy
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,196 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>image

    The newspaper is flat, but the plastic holder and the card are warped image >>



    Also The slab is sitting on a "white newspaper" but yet you can clearly see a all black background through the clear plastic...that's just crazy >>




    This guy flunked out of scammer school.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,196 ✭✭✭✭✭
    On Jan-22-08 at 20:40:40 PST, seller added the following information:

    <<<<< I WILL BE ADDING MORE PICTURES TO THIS AUCTION OF THE WHOLE CARD. BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HARRASSING ME SAYING THAT THIS CARD IS FAKE. SO I WILL PROVIDE PROOF THAT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL CARD. THANK YOU. >>>>>




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  • williplettwilliplett Posts: 471 ✭✭
    The auction has been taken down.
  • bhl2359bhl2359 Posts: 420 ✭
    score one for the good guys!
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,196 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice job outing this POS.
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