Topps Promtional Samples

[ALR-bishop]

There was a discussion in an earlier thread about whether fakes themselves because of notoriety can obtain a collectible value. In addition to the the one I posted in this thread I have a couple of 89 Ripken fakes, one of the 59 Fleer Ted signs fakes and one of the Rose rookie fakes ( I keep the them all with my real ones in the corresponding sets with a label noting they are fakes)

[Rich Klein]

do you have the 82 Ripken RC Blank Back fake?

[ALR-bishop]

I do not, but someone posted pics of it in that prior thread

[SMPEP]

The part I love about this fake ... there is no such company as "The Topps Co".

Topps was a gum company back then. It was "Topps Chewing Gum, Inc." then.


This is still not as good as the "autographed" Mickey mantle obituary. I STILL regret not buyingthat when I saw it years ago. All-time best fake piece of memorabilia in my opinion (but still not worth the $20 final sales price!).

Cheers,
patrick

[hcv123]

of my decision not to collect autographs was sealed when a well know dealer friend showed me hats from that years national - one with an incredible Clemente signature and the other with an incredible Ruth signature. While I do have a small handful of signed items in my collection they were acquired because of what they were - despite the fact they were autographed.