ebay: jollyrogersrelics

[Snapolit1]

Ok, I was wrong. Thanks.
I’m not going to call someone out without a lot of
Knowledge of who they are and what they are doing. I dont want to disparage someone. I didn’t recognize the name.

[D. Bergin]

I'm pretty sure he hoards stacks of old photos, then he filters them through Google Lens, and anything that comes up as any sort of "similarity" gets set to the side, and then he proceeds to craft a story and apply his pseudo photo recognition filters to his listings.

Gotta hand it to the guy, he's not afraid of doing the work...even if it is 95% faulty.

I think Yogi Berra might have said one time: "100% of all provenance claims, is 80% made up".

[G1911]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I'm pretty sure he hoards stacks of old photos, then he filters them through Google Lens, and anything that comes up as any sort of "similarity" gets set to the side, and then he proceeds to craft a story and apply his pseudo photo recognition filters to his listings.

Gotta hand it to the guy, he's not afraid of doing the work...even if it is 95% faulty.

I think Yogi Berra might have said one time: "100% of all provenance claims, is 80% made up".

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This guy is a true fraudster, he's clearly not just optimistic and mistaken after years of scamming people over and over and over. I'm quite disappointed eBay just lets him do it and ignores the frequent reports; I know at least a dozen people who have reported him and his fraudulent listings and been ignored.

On the other hand, it is pretty funny to laugh at his listings.

[Snapolit1]

When I saw his listings it made me think of that Netflix special of the guy who kept traveling to NYC and every time he was there he discovered some rare Mormon Church document in the same book store on Fifth Avenue.



QUOTE=G1911;2413740]+1


This guy is a true fraudster, he's clearly not just optimistic and mistaken after years of scamming people over and over and over. I'm quite disappointed eBay just lets him do it and ignores the frequent reports; I know at least a dozen people who have reported him and his fraudulent listings and been ignored.

On the other hand, it is pretty funny to laugh at his listings.[/QUOTE]

[Topnotchsy]

He has had a mix of photos that seem like extremely poor matches and some really, really cool other items.

[Beercan collector]

Is he claiming this is Walter Johnson ?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/13491649539...wAAOSwoOplu~Iw

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Is he claiming this is Walter Johnson ?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/13491649539...wAAOSwoOplu~Iw

I think that might be his brother Adolf Johnson.

Struggling artist, mediocre ballplayer, charismatic psychopath.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Is he claiming this is Walter Johnson ?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/13491649539...wAAOSwoOplu~Iw

From the description:

1925-32 Walter Johnson real photo postcard. Published in Wingham Ontario by Zurbrigg. MLB Washington Nationals uniform. Not sure why Johnson was in Ontario. The Hitler Stacie was not drawn on. As you can see in some of Walter Johnson’s images there seems his pholtrum(ridge above his mouth) looks like the star track uniform insignia. Zurbrigg seems to be a well known photo artist. There are some flaws to the photo. Sort of looks unprofessional, but at the same time the photographer fleas maybe done on purpose. There is blueness to the cheek where Johnson’s mlles would have stood out. I think the Hitler stache was a side effect of what was a feeble attempt at hiding an unflattering feature of Johnson’s face.

No, the "W" on the uniform couldn't possibly stand for "Wingham".





I truly think the guy is probably delusional and thinks he's discovered some sort of life hack to identify photos with.

Let's just hope he never gets a job working for prosecutors in a court system somewhere as an "expert witness", or a lot of innocent people are going to be going to prison because of him.