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By Kevin Nelson [Editor’s note: This is the second in our series on the notorious Operation Bullpen case.) The most notorious forgery produced by the Operation Bullpen conspiracy was, undoubtedly, the Mother Teresa baseball, supposedly signed by the late Christian missionary who devoted her life to serving the poor. But if the Mother Teresa forgery was [...]
Fake autographs produced by the notorious Operation Bullpen conspiracy still plague the collecting hobby years after the FBI brought the ring down. In the first of a 5-part series, author Kevin Nelson recaps the case and begins to reveal some of the photos you’ve probably never seen.
Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, Kobe Bryant and Ted Williams are among those on PSA/DNA’s list of the most faked sports autographs of 2012 but the list also includes entertainers and a recently deceased astronaut.
Federal prosecutors say a man who tried to turn a 19th century baseball glove he found on eBay into a Babe Ruth relic won’t serve jail time.
Newly graded 1916 Sporting News cards featuring a Babe Ruth and Jim Thorpe, were among the most active items in a collection of new-to-the-hobby finds offered by Memory Lane.
A 1954 Puerto Rican Winter League contract signed by a 20-year-old Roberto Clemente is among 700 lots up for bid at Iconic Memorabilia. Babe Ruth autographs, a Sporting News baseball questionnaire filled out by Cy Young…and a pair of John Lennon’s old specs are also on the block.
A 1929 Yankees autographed baseball passed down through the years is now up for bid, with proceeds set to benefit a New Jersey prep school.
Ozzie Smith’s 13 Gold Gloves brought $519, 203, Babe Ruth’s old Yankee sweater brought more than $250,00 and several other pieces sold for well into six figures in SCP Auctions’ final major catalog sale of 2012.
One of the better examples of the rare T206 Eddie Plank join some fresh discoveries in Memory Lane’s “The Find” auction.
A Kodak employee tested an early home movie camera in 1929, using his son obtaining a Babe Ruth signed baseball as his script. Now that ball, perhaps the only one with video provenance, is up for bid through Memory Lane.
From 200 or 300 items certified per month to more than one million per year, PSA’s ongoing growth has pushed the company to a new milestone.
Two pair of Muhammad Ali boxing gloves from a couple famous fights have pushed past a half million dollars as bidding heads into its final days via the SCP Auctions catalog.
Just two months after buying it, an east coast collector whose home was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy has consigned his 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth card.
Collect Auctions’ latest catalog event closes this coming week with Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, Clemente and others among dozens of autographed items up for bid.
A high grade 1916 M101-5 Sporting News baseball card set, one never before seen in the mainstream hobby, has been consigned to Memory Lane’s upcoming auction.
Babe Ruth’s first pair of pinstripes is up for bid. A pair of 1921 game pants joins an autographed Ruth ball, a Ty Cobb bat and other items in Grey Flannel Auctions’ catalog sale.
The National Caramel set issued during the early 1920s includes some familiar photos, error cards and a scarce card of Babe Ruth.
Long ago Hall of Famers at reasonable prices? The W515 baseball card set offers plenty of opportunities for collectors to buy old stuff cheap.
Minor leaguers, retired stars and a missing number. Sounds like a modern day set but it’s an apt description of the 1933 Goudey Baseball set and the mysterious Nap Lajoie card.
Looking for an affordable set more than 40 years old, oozing baseball history? Check out the 1969-70 Bazooka Baseball set.
