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sandyrusty
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| Thursday, March 2, 2023 8:14 AM | |
Not sure if the image will show but this is an online auction presently going on and finishing in 10 hours or so. The seller has described as "Vintage MLB baseball card lot. 9 assorted cards.I don't know much about them, please see photos for details and condition."
If you look closely, the Musial and the Robinson cards show the perforation edges separated from the book that they come from. The bid is currently $165.
This is the part of the hobby that I hate. The seller no doubt knows what he has but has left it very misleading. Though there are close-ups of the front of the cards, there are no pics of the backs which would reveal what these are. Someone is going to be very disappointed / pissed when they win and pick up their cards.
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ComposerMike
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| Thursday, March 2, 2023 9:26 AM | |
Whenever someone is trying to sell cards (on any platform) and states "I don't know much about them", that is the only red flag needed to skip and move along. It's a shame.
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TwinKiller
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| Thursday, March 2, 2023 9:38 AM | |
Truly is a shame to see. Maybe they just bought it for the Gus Zernial :/.
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Statsnerd
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| Thursday, March 2, 2023 9:46 AM | |
Maybe they are doing it for tax purposes?? and that is all I am going to go there with that.
But that Pete Rose looks 😍 awful nice
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BuccaneersDen
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| Thursday, March 2, 2023 11:01 AM | |
I see in the bottom of the picture "MaxSold" which is an online estate sale/auction site. Not to make excuses for them or the seller, but it is quite possible a widow (or adult child) is trying to sell their deceased husband/fathers items. I know my wife wouldn't have a clue about my card collection. As for the website they send in a photographer and take care of the sales, arrange pick-up for the auction winners etc., but I don't believe the do the write ups on each item in the sale.
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sandyrusty
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| Thursday, March 2, 2023 11:16 AM | |
Actually the seller can dothe whole online auction listing themselves and save lots of the costs. Considering how many pictures there are of the cards individually, I suspect the seller made the listing themselves.
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Canadian Codhead
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| Thursday, March 2, 2023 11:23 AM | |
That's exactly what this is. The company is am estate sales specialist. We buy furniture to refurbish and resell from them.
99 percent or more chance they have no idea that they are reproductions.
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Statsnerd
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| Thursday, March 2, 2023 2:31 PM | |
I imagine once the buyer figured it out (let's hope) they demand their money back
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domentho
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| Thursday, March 2, 2023 2:56 PM | |
That Wally Joyner is "vintage"!
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Sportzcommish
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| Thursday, March 2, 2023 4:23 PM | |
I'd certainly be concerned with the perforated cards being passed as vintage. Bru, I'm assuming the Musial is not the same as the one from the 1978 Dover set that you have.
What about the CLTV/Fisher Nuts pack? Are those a vintage repack or modern reprint?
Not worth $165 US or Canadian.
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