Posted By:
Richard SimonI don't have any physical evidence so I will protect the "innocent/guilty", by not naming names, but I have heard the following stories for years, from various sources, and was wondering if anyone else is aware of them?
1 - Many baseball cards were stolen from the New York Public Library Burdick collection, many years ago.
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2 - Many signed items were stolen from the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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3 - People would stand on autograph lines at shows with a matted photo, with a cut out at the bottom of the mat for the signature. After getting the autograph, the matting would be disassembled and voila the signature was at the bottom of a blank 8x10 sheet of paper. The paper would then be used to type a letter of provenance about a memorabilia item.
Do these stories sound familiar?
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