Ruth and Gehrig Balls - Authentic?

[VAYankee]

Originally Posted by shelly

Your best friend like you should stay far far away from this hobby.

Shelly, I find your posts to be very antagonistic, and I'm not entirely sure why. Essentially, I should stay far, far away from this hobby because I'm not as experienced as you and others on this forum. Following that logic, most of the people on this forum should have left hobby years ago as well. I'm sure you'll respond along the lines that it's idiots like me that keep the forgers in business. Again, following that logic, a good number of those on this forum have kept the forgers going this long as you've made your mistakes, learned from them and the mistakes of others. All I'm trying to do is make an informed decision before making a purchase of a piece of baseball memorabilia in an industry where there are lots of forgeries. As such, I'm just like you and others here - just not as experienced - yet, so please don't patronize me.

[VAYankee]

Here's an update from the Broker. Looks like they really wanted a sale today.

"Tried to call you before I left for the evening. Seems we are getting nowhere trading emails. Want to see what it’s going to take, if anything humanly possible, to get you some of these bb’s you are missing out on, so you can start your own amazing collection, rather than admiring from afar.

Quite honestly, with the documented chain of command of ownership of these bb’s it is even more assured these are genuine signatures, than even professional 3rd party examiners who are rendering educated guesses after the fact."

[HOFAUTOS]

I wonder if this Minister purchased this Presidents baseball from the same "Joe DiMaggio Estate".

http://www.centralmaine.com/2014/11/...en-presidents/

[Sophiedog]

Originally Posted by HOFAUTOS

I wonder if this Minister purchased this Presidents baseball from the same "Joe DiMaggio Estate".

http://www.centralmaine.com/2014/11/...en-presidents/

What a Shame

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by HOFAUTOS

I wonder if this Minister purchased this Presidents baseball from the same "Joe DiMaggio Estate".

http://www.centralmaine.com/2014/11/...en-presidents/

By the way, nice find, HOFAutos.

Presidential forgeries. Disgusting.

It's amazing the number of times we have called out reporters on their "autograph" stories.

[ding974]

As the sales manager at the Joe DiMaggio Estate, I wanted to set the record straight about Mike Foster who uses the moniker VA Yankee. To be blunt, this fellow has basically crafted a fairy tale. He had been barred from our business because of rude behavior to 3 sales associates, foul language, and a habit of reneging on orders or just continuing to furnish credit cards that would decline in payment for such. I am sure, Mr. Foster will lash out in another long make-believe diatribe in rebuttal here, but the fact remains we have been in business for 18 years, and at least in talking to another fellow I know at a competing memorabilia company--Mr. Foster has been barred from there, too, because of his behavior. It seems Mr. Foster has LOTS of problems--the least of those being the memorabilia we sell..

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by ding974

As the sales manager at the Joe DiMaggio Estate, I wanted to set the record straight about Mike Foster who uses the moniker VA Yankee. To be blunt, this fellow has basically crafted a fairy tale. He had been barred from our business because of rude behavior to 3 sales associates, foul language, and a habit of reneging on orders or just continuing to furnish credit cards that would decline in payment for such. I am sure, Mr. Foster will lash out in another long make-believe diatribe in rebuttal here, but the fact remains we have been in business for 18 years, and at least in talking to another fellow I know at a competing memorabilia company--Mr. Foster has been barred from there, too, because of his behavior. It seems Mr. Foster has LOTS of problems--the least of those being the memorabilia we sell..

And you made this post three years after this thread has died,, why?

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

And you made this post three years after this thread has died,, why?

Who is the "DiMaggioEstate" Ebay seller?

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by ding974

As the sales manager at the Joe DiMaggio Estate, I wanted to set the record straight about Mike Foster who uses the moniker VA Yankee. To be blunt, this fellow has basically crafted a fairy tale. He had been barred from our business because of rude behavior to 3 sales associates, foul language, and a habit of reneging on orders or just continuing to furnish credit cards that would decline in payment for such. I am sure, Mr. Foster will lash out in another long make-believe diatribe in rebuttal here, but the fact remains we have been in business for 18 years, and at least in talking to another fellow I know at a competing memorabilia company--Mr. Foster has been barred from there, too, because of his behavior. It seems Mr. Foster has LOTS of problems--the least of those being the memorabilia we sell..

Any chance you can set the record straight on the Coach's Corner forgeries you peddle?

[Kco]

So pass the buck and try to act like your a moral and noble business, but your company still peddles blatantly forgeries. You all should be in jail, people here see through your BS.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by VAYankee

Here's an update from the Broker. Looks like they really wanted a sale today.

"Tried to call you before I left for the evening. Seems we are getting nowhere trading emails. Want to see what it’s going to take, if anything humanly possible, to get you some of these bb’s you are missing out on, so you can start your own amazing collection, rather than admiring from afar.

Quite honestly, with the documented chain of command of ownership of these bb’s it is even more assured these are genuine signatures, than even professional 3rd party examiners who are rendering educated guesses after the fact."

And the broker is...............?

[VAYankee]

Joe DiMaggio Estate

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by VAYankee

Joe DiMaggio Estate

That says it all.

[RichardSimon]

You just have to shake your head in wonder.
Brokers, hard sell salesman, COA's from the dead, guys with money to burn and no clue (not referring to you OP), what has this hobby come to?
It is repulsive and sickening.
Poor Joe DiMaggio. First a crooked authenticator uses his name and now this.
What a friggin' mess this is.

[VAYankee]

In one of my posts yesterday, I said these guys at JDE offered me a Gehrig ball back in December, which I didn't pull the trigger on. Went back-and-forth and frankly the whole thing fell apart when they couldn't produce the PSA/DNA cert they had advertised accompanied the ball. I was told I was being difficult, the name JDE was never a problem before, PSA/DNA virtually always certifies autos for which they've provided a quickie cert, blah, blah, blah...

Well, after further research this time when they came calling for the Ruth ball, as well as what I've learned here from you all in just a short period of time, I'm so glad I did not purchase that ball either. They actually fried their own goose with me a little more, before I had even posted here, because in the conversation around the Ruth ball, I had learned they had sold the Gehrig ball. My last conversation with them ended with JDE agreeing to send the ball to PSA/DNA for full certification, eating the cost and me agreeing to buy the ball if the cert came back clean and I still wanted it. I bet I still have the voicemail from them on my cell. When I said something to them about this, they said another buyer had come along willing to pay full price and not needing any add'l assurances the ball was real. Price this other guy paid was presumably just under $5k - unless they just took what they could get from CCA.

Here is a picture of the ball. I can only imagine the thoughts going through some of your heads as I write this....admittedly, at the time, I thought the sig looked fake when I first looked at it, but was willing to believe it was real if a reputable cert was provided....I know better now. Thanks.

[jgmp123]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

You just have to shake your head in wonder.
Brokers, hard sell salesman, COA's from the dead, guys with money to burn and no clue (not referring to you OP), what has this hobby come to?
It is repulsive and sickening.
Poor Joe DiMaggio. First a crooked authenticator uses his name and now this.
What a friggin' mess this is.

+1 - such a sad set of circumstances...