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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. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) posted on July 25, 2012 at 01:52 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Wow, how current. I hope its listed on ebay next to Herman Cain for President bumper stickers and DVD copies of "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?"

2. JJ1986 posted on July 25, 2012 at 01:55 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Note to self: Do not buy Allen & Ginter packs.

3. Gonfalon Bubble posted on July 25, 2012 at 01:57 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Balloon Boy is still owed about 12 of his 15 minutes.

I shudder to think what the John Wayne Bobbitt promotion will be.

4. John DiFool2 posted on July 25, 2012 at 03:27 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

And Balloon Boy blew up in my hand.

5. SoSH U at work posted on July 25, 2012 at 03:44 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

And Balloon Boy blew up in my hand.

I warned you to stay off Sixth Avenue.

6. Guapo posted on July 25, 2012 at 03:55 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Sounds cool, but I'm not trading my Octomom placenta superfractor for one.

7. Shooty is in the Trust Tree

posted on July 25, 2012 at 04:00 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Sounds cool, but I'm not trading my Octomom placenta superfractor for one.

Not even for a piece of the Lewinsky spooge dress?

8. vortex of dissipation posted on July 25, 2012 at 04:07 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm glad the expedition to try to find Amelia Earhart's aircraft just returned without finding any wreckage. I just know where it would end up...

9. lieiam posted on July 26, 2012 at 12:05 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I have two comments.

#1: Kudos to John DiFool2. Robyn Hitchcock is pretty awesome.

#2: I don't get the point of putting stupid #### like this into baseball card packs... PATHETIC.

10. DA Baracus is gritty and hits with RISP posted on July 26, 2012 at 12:16 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

“From what we’ve seen thus far there has been a lot of interest in it

They surveyed three people: William Hung, the Star Wars Kid and Nicole Ritchie.

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

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