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 Dom Vito Castiglione on October 21, 2014 at 12:35am

$76 for this forgery. Way to respect Mr. Carter's memory Bob!

$83 for this forgery!!

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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on October 21, 2014 at 1:22am

ROGER-CLEMENS-autograph-1998-UPPER-DECK-UD-signed-set-card-BLUE-JAYS-auto-98

Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on October 21, 2014 at 2:51am

This Bo Diaz originated from Bob and recently flipped by another ebay seller for $300! Both the Maddux and Havens forgeries got $100 each.

Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on October 21, 2014 at 3:02am

Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on October 22, 2014 at 11:37am

He must be BFF's with Eddie Murray!

Permalink Reply by Null on October 22, 2014 at 11:50am

Nothing like pulling out all your old base cards, scribbling on them, and becoming a power seller on eBay! The eBay scammin' dream!

That Herzog is HILARIOUS.

Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on October 28, 2014 at 1:11pm

More gems just added. I love how they read this forum too!

Permalink Reply by Jeff on December 14, 2014 at 10:50pm

You think maybe every 5 or 6 autos they throw in a authentic one to throw off any suspicious collectors. ..? I've seen that done... then when they need proof that's the one they randomly select. ..

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Permalink Reply by Dan M. on May 10, 2015 at 10:31pm

Hi, I found one of Bob's autos a TPA (PSA/DNA) did pass: the dubious 1984 Billy Martin you posted above. Looks like the same exact card to me (see link below to current eBay auction)

Billy-Martin-1984-Topps-81-PSA-DNA-Yankees-auto

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Permalink Reply by Null on October 28, 2014 at 1:14pm

I don't see any items for sale...

http://www.ebay.ph/sch/lock-em-up-bob/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&...

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Permalink Reply by Null on October 28, 2014 at 1:17pm

Here is a post I found where someone discusses how eBay seller lock-em-up-bob ripped them off:

http://forum.signingshotline.com/index.php?/topic/1561-lock-em-up-b...

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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on October 28, 2014 at 4:14pm

Ryan, my bad. These are currently offered under ebay seller samsobo, who works directly with bob. I liked how the guy in that thread got ripped off by lock-em-up-bob and just let him get away with it. No fight at all.