Ruined Ted Williams Check
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Wow. Just awful.
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Thanks goodness there is only one like this. :rolleyes:
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I hate when the card companies do this.What a waste!
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For all we know, the signature is Charlie Williams.
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Too bad.
With the e on the end, it could've been a beautiful "Theodore" Williams. We'll never know. |
They look nice if they are done right, but that one is garbage.
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WTF?
That sucks! |
F--- you Topps, and whoever did this at your stinking company really sux.
And my name is here on the post, why not write back to me to explain crap like this. |
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This isn't the first time they have done this. They already made an "Eodore William" cut card.
Also let us Not Forget 2010s Fake Ruth and Gherig 1/1 and the 2009 Fake Ruth Book. I vow I will never purchase another topps product made after 1980. |
Ack! Makes me wanna puke.
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It really is stunning that Topps can destroy signed memorabilia in this manner and there is not a great hue and cry from the card collecting community.
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That's cause new collectors want shiny garbage. I sent them a nasty email. Not that it will do any good but maybe if they get a few hundred nasty emails it will. This should have been a redemption for a full check, framed with the topps logo or something. They could have done this real nice.
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Is it possible the rest of the check is under the card itself? If one were to try to 'rescue' the cut, I mean, would the whole thing be under there?
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if its just cut like that, its disgusting and is a disturbing thing. All in the name of greed, just like all these "chase cards"
looking for numbered cards or things with purported pieces of bat or jersey. I see kids buy a pack, if they don't get the "hit" they toss the cards away , or whatever. Legalized gambling and the adults are jut as bad who go after this artificially worthless crap. RANT OVER |
I personally hate these things, but if they are going to do it, it would make more sense for them to cut 'Theodore' and 'Williams' separately, then place one above the other. It would look a lot nicer.
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Maybe I'm alone, but I don't see a cancelled check to the gas company as a priceless connection to a baseball icon. Done well, these have a much more productive life as part of a card, in my opinion...that said, the one shown in the op was not done well.
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I've said this before but before you condemn the card company I think you need to know that this check wasn't cut before they bought it and put it on a card. I see all kinds of things on eBay, from people who cut the two parts of someone's signature up into 2 signatures to people who cut up entire letters and sell them one word at a time. I think until someone finds the source document complete and in tact and can tie it to a mangled card, there might not be any history being destroyed by the card company.
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I have no idea why, but I would think if you're going to cut it up anyway whoever buys these things for them might be looking for something like this.
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There is no excusing desecration of a great autograph for this. These cards can be nice if done right, this is a travesty and a disgrace
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The only exception MIGHT be in cases when the checks are "damaged" by the family before going out. The only Bowie Kuhn checks I recall seeing are those where only the right half exists, maybe the family tore them to protect sensitive information (addresses, routing numbers). If a cut signature comes from a check that is known to have been already "damaged," then using it as part of a card might be acceptable. |
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