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    • Friday, April 12, 2013

    NPR: Dealer Says He Doctored Most Valuable Baseball Card Ever Sold.

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    posted on April 12, 2013 at 07:00 PM by Infinite Joost (Voxter) to baseball cards, collecting, honus wagner, pirates, scams  |  12 comment(s)

    A judge has rejected a plea agreement from the former head of a sports memorabilia auction house who admitted to using shill bidders to drive up prices and to altering the most valuable baseball card ever sold.

    William Mastro of Mastro Auctions admitted to doctoring the 1909 Honus Wagner cigarette card that was once owned by hockey great Wayne Gretzky. The card sold for $2.8 million in 2007.

    Once again The Great One shows uncanny instincts.

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    1. Elvis posted on December 20, 2012 at 09:12 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I liked Rick Rhodent
    2. phredbird  posted on December 20, 2012 at 10:15 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    desword and deshield. heh.
    3. Transmission posted on December 20, 2012 at 11:45 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Strange Cheerleader got me. These are pretty good.
    4. Steve Parris, Je t'aime posted on December 20, 2012 at 11:57 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    The Glenn Davis one is ... interesting.
    5. McCoy Wilfong for Money posted on December 21, 2012 at 12:08 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Garbage Pail Kids called and they want their gimmick back.
    6. Brian White posted on December 21, 2012 at 12:14 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    7. Nasty Nate posted on December 21, 2012 at 12:26 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I think if I live to 95 and am dementia-ridden with no memory, I will still somehow know that that wood-paneled background is '87 topps...
    8. Jim (jimmuscomp) posted on December 21, 2012 at 02:04 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Nasty Nate - no kidding. That must have been the most purchased brand/year in the history of baseball cards. I compiled that set at least three times.

    I don't know why that damn year was so popular, but it really was.

    9. depletion posted on December 21, 2012 at 09:13 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I had an acquaintance in 3rd grade (1966) who later grew on to better things: "Hitlerizing" a picture of the principal in the school newspaper. He creatively vandalized Bob Uecker and Jose Tartabull cards in a fashion not suitable for a family newspaper such as this one. The world needs stark idiocy.
    10. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on December 21, 2012 at 09:58 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I only wish I had thought of doing this, dammit.
    11. Rants Mulliniks (formerly Cold Prosimian) posted on December 21, 2012 at 10:05 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    The site is blocked for me here at work, but that Davey Lopes card is priceless.
    12. Lassus posted on December 21, 2012 at 10:37 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I only wish I had thought of doing this, dammit.

    This is the most-often worst feeling among English majors all over the world.
    13. Shooty is in the Trust Tree  posted on December 21, 2012 at 10:43 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    This is the most-often worst feeling among English majors all over the world.

    Especially ones with thousands and thousands of useless baseball cards from the 1986 to 1989 era.
    14. RMc and His Roster of Rubbish posted on December 21, 2012 at 11:07 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Juan Be Sedated?

    I LOL'd.
    15. Dock Ellis on Acid  posted on December 21, 2012 at 11:14 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    This is a great idea but I do wish the artwork was better instead of just sharpied on. Beckett used to feature defaced cards every month and not only were they often clever, you could tell careful work was put into it.
    16. phredbird  posted on December 21, 2012 at 11:34 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    15, i feel you but part of the charm of these is the brutal method the artist(?) used. its so juvenile you have to laugh.
    17. Dock Ellis on Acid  posted on December 21, 2012 at 01:14 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    You can take an ordinary pencil eraser and simply erase the part of the card you wish to deface. The result would be plain white and boom - instant canvas for you to whatever colors you want to make it look as if it were originally part of the card.

    But yeah, the juvenility is part of its charm.
    18. Austin posted on December 22, 2012 at 03:06 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I wish there were fewer of the gratuitous genitalia jokes, but some (Hit Da Slopes, Rat's Rick Rhodent, Pope Benedict's Cat, Greg Brockoli, A Martini, Get in Da Ark, Dan Pasquail) are quite excellent.
    19. Leroy Kincaid posted on December 22, 2012 at 03:32 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Garbage Pail Kids called and they want their gimmick back.

    Because they have to return it to Wacky Packages?
    20. Jim (jimmuscomp) posted on December 22, 2012 at 07:59 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    But yeah, the juvenility is part of its charm.


    Totally agree. I love the half-baked quality.

    Get in Da Ark


    That was friggin' hilarious.
    21. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on December 22, 2012 at 08:14 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    How'd I miss this the other day? This is great.

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