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Old 02-17-2009, 10:02 PM
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Posted By: Paul

I know the idiotic ebay auctions sometimes grow tiresome, but this one really is funny. This guy actually thinks his card was printed on October 16, 1912 because it has a newspaper headline reproduction from that date.



http://cgi.ebay.com/1912-BASEBALL-CARD-RED-SOX-WORLD-SERIES-SCOOPS-WOW-RARE_W0QQitemZ270345866368QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVinta ge_Sports_Memorabilia?hash=item270345866368&_trksi d=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1 %7C240%3A1307>



Could the $55 bid be real?

Edited title to be a little less mean to the guy who posted the auction.

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Old 02-17-2009, 10:17 PM
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Posted By: Jason Carota

Unbelievable, isn't it? I sent a message to the seller pointing them to this listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1961-Nu-Card-454-Snodgrass-Giants-NRMT_W0QQitemZ230282592358QQihZ013QQcategoryZ60489 QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp16 38Q2em118Q2el1247

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Old 02-17-2009, 10:31 PM
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Posted By: Fred C

Jason,

The card that Paul linked to looks older than the NRMT one that you linked. The older looking card is at $55, that new and shiney thing is a BIN at $3.... hmmmm, old looking and more expensive or shiney and cheap..... hmmmm...

That card that Paul linked to has a great description. I love it when you get somebody that hasn't got a clue and what's even funnier are the people bidding on it... there's got to be a few shills in there.

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Old 02-17-2009, 10:32 PM
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Posted By: Tim

The epitome of "CAVEAT EMPTOR"!!!

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Old 02-17-2009, 10:35 PM
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Posted By: Jason Carota

Fred,

I think you may be on to something with the shill bidding. Bidder "-***0" ( 5 ) seems to have strong interest in the card. happy.gif

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Old 02-17-2009, 11:06 PM
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Posted By: Michael Steele

I hope my $55 bid holds up. Only 8 days and 20 hours to go. I'm sweating it happy.gif.

I keep thinking I have seen it all which is a stupid thing to think when you have something as great as ebay...

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Posted By: barrysloate

It's so silly my first reaction is it's a parody.

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Old 02-18-2009, 05:04 AM
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Posted By: Anonymous

I told this person 3 days ago the card was a 1960
or 61 Nu Card scoops. He/she claims they spent
110.00 listing it? And was hoping I was wrong.

The sad thing is this person really believes they
have this rare card.

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Old 02-18-2009, 07:41 AM
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Posted By: D. Bergin

It was silly of them to not follow the advice of others and consign it with Sotheby's. They will be leaving money on the table by going the Ebay route instead.







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Old 02-18-2009, 08:23 AM
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Posted By: J Levine

Actual message sent last night to owner after getting a snippy response about sending a scan of my four Nu Scoops Sox cards that I own and her insisting that no other date is on the card so it must be truly vintage...

"So let me get this straight...just because it has no other date on the card you think it is old. If that is the case, I will sell you my ultra rare, oldest in the world one of a kind cat, dated 1878!! I swear there is no other date on the cat and this date is printed neatly in ink on his collar. One of a kind!! Buy now for just $1500!! A steal at this price...he still purrs!!"

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Posted By: Scott Sarian

Fear not - if you buy it and don't like it, you now have a 3-day "instection" period to examine and return the card.

Thank goodness for those instection periods....

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Posted By: barrysloate

And you will need those three days for the vast amount of research needed to properly identify this thing.

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Old 02-18-2009, 02:56 PM
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Posted By: Bob

One of these days I wish someone would list the names of the "dealers" who verify the authenticity of these items. I just shake my head when someone lists a card like a T207 I. Lewis with the text on the back indicating how many thousands of dollars the card is worth and then they claim they talked to several dealers who said it was authentic. What a world...

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Posted By: davidcycleback

I've seen many times the "Took to the local card shop and the owner said ..." story, and assume these cards were never taken to a local card shop and/or shown to local dealers.

In the auction, we are led to believe that 1) This 2 cent Scoops card was a single lot at an antiques auction and 2) No one in attendance, including numerous dealers who expressed knowledge about baseball card scarcity, had an inkling the card was modern ... I don't believe either.

If these "dealers" knew so little about baseball cards that they thought Scoops were from Pre-WWI, how would they be in possession of the notion that the card was 1-of-1?

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Posted By: dennis

lies upon lies from this b.s. artist and the religious overtones are enough to make me puke.

i counted 30 false statements here.........could be a record??

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Posted By: Steve

I paid ebay 115.00 to list it specially



?? How does one list a card and pay 115.00?

The other day this person said 110.00 to me

so add one to your list of lies.

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steve, i think that was #28. happy.gif

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Posted By: Steve

The seller ended the auction early, I guess they got the hint.

Also, it reverted back to the original listing and this numbskull

had a BIN at 35,000.00!!

I have now seen it all.

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Posted By: Anonymous

It was ended. I guess he couldn't compete with a nicer condition one with a BIN of $1.60.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1961-Nu-Card-Scoops-454-Snodgrass-helps-Red-Sox-VG-EX_W0QQitemZ350123119087QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_SM_S ports_Cards

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