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All The President’s Letters: Docs Sent To Cooperstown Officials By Baseball...
By Peter J. Nash June 13, 2013 This 1948 letter sent by HOFer Joe Tinker to Hall President Paul Kerr sold for $4,800 at auction but is believed to have been stolen from the NBL in Cooperstown. The...
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Steve Grad & PSA/DNA vs. Jimmy Spence & JSA: The Battle of the Bogus Rocky...
By Peter J. Nash June 20, 2013 So-called experts Steve Grad and Jimmy Spence battle it out over one of the greatest muffs in authentication history. Self-proclaimed authentication heavyweights Steve...
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Autograph Facts & Fraud: Bogus Cap Anson Sig Stolen From NYPL Is Presented As...
By Peter J. Nash June 28, 2013 PSA/DNA includes a bogus signature of Cap Anson on its "Autograph Facts" page. The cabinet card shown is also stolen from the NYPL's Spalding Collection. Last winter a...
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PSA/DNA’s Motto: “Never Get Cheated” or “A Sucker Born Every Minute”? A...
By Peter J. Nash July 5, 2013 A bogus P. T. Barnum autograph on ebay comes with a PSA/DNA LOA. Looks like Joe Orlando has some "suckers" getting cheated. Earlier this week, I stumbled across a PSA/DNA...
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Sac-Fly From The Grave: How “Red” Foley Cracked A Hall Of Fame Cold-Case &...
By Peter J. Nash July 10, 2013 A copy of a letter tucked away in a HOF file shows that Red Foley sent the Hall of Fame some of the rarest and most valuable baseball player signatures as a donation in...
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A Ghost From Cooperstown’s Past: Hall of Fame Historian Lee Allen Gave Away...
By Peter J. Nash July 25, 2013 Jack Smalling, author of the "Baseball Autograph Collectors Handbook " (inset), says HOF historian Lee Allen (inset) gifted him two rare letters addressed to August...
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FBI Returns Stolen Harry Wright Letters To MLB Auction Seller; Historian...
By Peter J. Nash July 28, 2013 After a 4-year FBI investigation into the thefts of the "Harry Wright Letters" NYPL President Tony Marx (inset) has given away the donated artifacts to be sold on eBay....
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Bill Mastro In Court For Guilty-Plea Or Trial Date As Partner-In-Crime...
By Peter J. Nash August 5, 2013 Ex-Hobby King Bill Mastro (left) could plead guilty or go to trial related to his trimming of the T-206 Wagner (Photo by S. Cummings). His former friend and partner, Rob...
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CHIN MUSIC: Whistle-Blowers On-The-Way; NYPL Secrets Die With Dorskind;...
By Peter J. Nash September 6, 2013 Convicted felon Robert Fraser (top left) is on the loose; Bruce Dorskind (top right) passes away; Bud Selig (bottom left) should buy NYPL docs; Barry Sloate (bottom...
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Me Tarzan, You Jimmy Spence: JSA Authenticates Chimpanzee Autographs, But TPA...
By Peter J. Nash September 16, 2013 A photo alleged to have been signed by Tarzan star-chimp "Cheetah" is being sold on eBay with a JSA LOA despite the fact the chimp signing was exposed as a fraud in...
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Hobby-Kingpin Bill Mastro Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud, Admits To Trimming...
By Peter J. Nash Oct. 10, 2013 US Attorneys in Chicago just filed a superseding indictment against ex-hobby king Bill Mastro. (UPDATED) When he was indicted in July of 2012, Hauls of Shame reported...
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Founded On A Fraud? Collectors Universe In Denial Over Mastro’s Trimmed T-206...
By Peter J. Nash Oct. 14, 2013 (Clockwise from top left) The PSA-8 Wagner (center) was trimmed by Bill Mastro; Purchased by Wayne Gretzky and Bruce McNall; Graded and authenticated by PSA and David...
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It Ain’t So: Goldin Said “Shoeless Joe” Jackson Card Was “World’s Rarest”&...
By Peter J. Nash November 1, 2013 Goldin Auctions said this rare card of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson is the only one known, but veteran collectors disagree. The auction catalog description says it’s an SGC...
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CHIN MUSIC: “Shoeless” Joe Rarity Flops Despite Goldin’s Showmanship;...
By Peter J. Nash November 8, 2013 Goldin's "Shoeless" Joe Jackson card fell short of the $250,000 estimate broadcast on Bloomberg TV. -Ken Goldin’s M101-6 “Shoeless” Joe Jackson card (the one he was...
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Now That The Mastro-Wagner Is A PSA-Certified Fraud, Which Honus Is The New...
By Peter J. Nash November 15, 2013 An HOS investigation into the population of T206 Honus Wagner cards reveals that there are at least 64 examples known to exist. Illustrated above are twenty of the...
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The “HOF Hot-100″: The Top 100 Artifacts Stolen From The Baseball Hall Of...
By Peter J. Nash November 26, 2013 Since its opening in the 1930s, the Baseball Hall of Fame has suffered its share of losses due to theft and vandalism. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum...
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The Worst 100: PSA & JSA’s All-Time Greatest Authentication Blunders; Alleged...
By Peter J. Nash December 4, 2013 Third-Party Authentication giants PSA/DNA and JSA have cornered the market as the official “alleged experts” endorsed by the major sports and collectibles auction...
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Top 10 Stories Of 2013: Worst 100; Mastro Guilty-Wagner Trimmed; NYPL...
By Peter J. Nash December 30, 2013 2013's Top 10 Stories include the Bill Mastro guilty plea; PSA & JSA's Worst 100; and the NYPL & FBI give-aways of stolen artifacts. Guilty pleas,...
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PSA Slabs Bogus T206 Magie Error Cards & Buys One Back For $16k; Joe O. Mum...
By Peter J. Nash January 6, 2014 PSA graded and authenticated two T206 Sherwood Magee cards that were fraudulently altered and transformed into bogus "Magie" error card rarities. In a recently...
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eBay Buyer Of T206 Magee Cards Was Gerry Schwartz; Source Says One “Magie”...
By Peter J. Nash January 13, 2014 Gerry Schwartz purchased a T206 Magee on eBay (left) under handle of "PSA-Card." That same card appeared in June 2013 as the "Magie" error variation (right) at the...
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