Reproduction World Series Press Pins

[Fballguy]

I've engaged with eBay on this topic recently (even took to social media and tagged the offended parties numerous times). At the end of the day, the teams, leagues, trademark/copyright holders can't be bothered to do anything about it and eBay's stance is "that's a you problem". If the NFL, MLB or anyone else doesn't care...eBay's not getting involved. A very self serving approach but appearently a legally valid one.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

I've engaged with eBay on this topic recently (even took to social media and tagged the offended parties numerous times). At the end of the day, the teams, leagues, trademark/copyright holders can't be bothered to do anything about it and eBay's stance is "that's a you problem". If the NFL, MLB or anyone else doesn't care...eBay's not getting involved. A very self serving approach but appearently a legally valid one.

Depressing, but not surprising. Just more reason to avoid eBay and stick with reputable auction houses.

All the ones I listed above are legit, and you can add Clean Sweep, Hakes, Huggins, Sterling, Brockleman and Inside the Park to the "good" list.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Depressing, but not surprising. Just more reason to avoid eBay and stick with reputable auction houses. All the ones I listed above are legit, and you can add Clean Sweep, Hakes, Huggins, Sterling, Brockleman and Inside the Park to the "good" list.

Generally speaking, good advice, but when it comes to these press pins I wouldn't bet my house against the idea that some of these repros have made their way into and been sold by even the top AHs. At the 2011 National, I bought the best version of the 1924 World Series 7th game panorama I'd ever seen. Walking the floor, I noticed that Heritage had one behind their booth. I could tell right away that theirs wasn't a Type I, and asked one of their guys what they were doing with it. He said it was a consignment for the next auction. I went back to my booth and retrieved the one I had just bought to show him the difference. He feigned interest, but lo and behold, the consignment was in the next auction and went for a lot of money.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Generally speaking, good advice, but when it comes to these press pins I wouldn't bet my house against the idea that some of these repros have made their way into and been sold by even the top AHs. At the 2011 National, I bought the best version of the 1924 World Series 7th game panorama I'd ever seen. Walking the floor, I noticed that Heritage had one behind their booth. I could tell right away that theirs wasn't a Type I, and asked one of their guys what they were doing with it. He said it was a consignment for the next auction. I went back to my booth and retrieved the one I had just bought to show him the difference. He feigned interest, but lo and behold, the consignment was in the next auction and went for a lot of money.

Yeah, Heritage has done that on occasion with vintage pennants as well. Buyer beware for sure. Perhaps I should've phrased it differently. Something like... You lessen your chances of getting ripped off when going through the respected auction houses... Perhaps a 90/10 chance of success that way, versus 50/50 on eBay.