$85,000 dollars baseball card turn out to be fake on ebay

[baseballfans]

Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner autograph in one card created by upperdeck turn out to be fake.

Kevin Demitros, who won the auction on ebay, watched an HBO special on fraud in the sports memorabilia industry and saw a scan of his card being scrutinized by someone convicted in connection with a federal forgery investigation. The man claimed two of the card's autographs were fakes.

"I was sick to my stomach," Demitros said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. "I took a gamble and thought this card had potential."

Demitros is now involved in a dispute with the card's manufacturer, Carlsbad-based Upper Deck Co., which stands behind its products but said it is willing to have an independent third party look at the card to determine its authenticity.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2341577

[gcurrier2004]

That stinks, that guy looks like sombody stepped on his sandcastle.

[seanzarelli]

That does suck, but what I think is funny is that it got graded a Mint 9.

[five]

The thing that gets me is that, in this case maybe even Upper Deck has been fooled.

[baseballfans]

But for $85,000 bucks man. I think is way overprice.

You can get the autograph of these 4 players individually for less. Signed ball with picture cost less than what he pay for. Usually if you separate them and buy them individually it cost more. But in this case a baseball card can pay for my college degree hehe.