Baseball card set collectors: Beware of master forger, ebay seller lock-em-up-bob

This guy has been at it for years. He takes complete sets of baseball cards, usually 1980-1992 Topps, and will forge the entire set. Then he will list the forgeries individually preying on autograph set collectors. He will often auction off a 5-6 different cards of a Hall of Famer with the same picture of himself posing w/the player in each auction. Each forgery is signed perfectly on each card, many times with hard to come by inscriptions. One of bob's special's are dual/triple signed 'Team Leaders' cards. He claims he gets all the autographs he sells at spring training or hotels, which is a LIE!!! TPA's will not pass his forgeries from what I've seen. Do NOT bid on his crap! He works closely with another scammer, ebay seller samsobo. They both are part of a South Florida forgery ring!

This is NOT an authentic Ryne Sandberg

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Permalink Reply by Matt hayes on October 30, 2014 at 4:59am

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kansas-City-Royals-Alex-Gordon-Signed-Rawli...

Reminds me of this turd forger...any thoughts!!

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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on November 1, 2014 at 12:27am

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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on November 2, 2014 at 2:32am

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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on November 4, 2014 at 10:48pm

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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on November 4, 2014 at 10:54pm

This is NOT Will Clark's autograph!

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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on November 5, 2014 at 2:08am

Ebay brags that forger lock-em-up-bob always "receives the highest ratings" and "has earned the track record of excellent service." Here, Bob sells a forgery that is pictured framed up for $100. In the description though, he states it will not come with the frame.

ED-EDDIE-MATHEWS-HOF-78-inscription-autograph-16X20-framed-signed-BRAVES-auto

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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on November 12, 2014 at 3:59am

Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on November 12, 2014 at 4:12am

More forgeries made by Bob. Ebay has been sent a link to this page as well as emails regarding 4 PSA/DNA Quick Opinion fails on 4 different auction from lock-em-up-bob. They have chosen to not take action.

Permalink Reply by Steve Gruber on December 15, 2014 at 4:53am

For the record, that was me who wrote that on SigningsHotline over a year ago. Since I wrote that I've been to small claims court and won a judgment against Bob. Hardly, "no fight at all".

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on November 12, 2014 at 4:30am

eBay used to pull an item automatically when it failed PSA Quick Opinion. Is this no longer the case?

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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on November 12, 2014 at 5:48am

Based on my experience ebay will not pull an item, even if multiple members report it. The only time I've seen it is when they fear the forgery could bring them bad press. Ebay has proven to me that if you notify the of a forgery, you are just bothering them and trying to take their cut away from them. Ebay profits millions for allowing forgeries on their site.