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Forged Roger Maris ball and more bad forgeries from eBay seller calgar44

It has become an everyday occurrence to see bad forgeries on eBay, but I had to make a discussion for eBay seller calgar44 . He has too many forgeries up for sale that are not even close; he needs to be shut down.

Terrible Maris.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roger-Maris-Official-1978-World-Series-Auto...

Even funnier Mantle

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-Mantle-Autographed-American-League-B...

Take a look at his other items to get a nice laugh. http://www.ebay.com/sch/calgar44/m.html?item=321436298007&hash=...

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Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on June 21, 2014 at 5:30pm

Yup, his Dimaggio is a laugher.

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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on June 21, 2014 at 6:06pm

Was Mickey having a stroke when he signed that?

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on June 21, 2014 at 7:06pm

What a scammer!!! Putrid-looking forgeries!!!

These sellers of forgeries know that Ebay no longer takes action on them, so they are now running amok on Ebay selling their crap forgeries!!!

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on June 22, 2014 at 2:11pm

The maris is really not that well executed either. It's just a really bad forgery no matter how you look at it.

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Permalink Reply by Calgar44 on June 22, 2014 at 6:13am

I would have appreciated it if you contacted me and let me know these items were forgeries before trying to drag my name through the mud! I am a respected Ebay seller and my 100% feedback proves that!
I was asked to do a favor for a family member who bought these off of Ebay over 15 years ago and spent a lot of money. I had no reason to believe they were not real. He still has the original listings from Ebay and what he paid for them.
I have since taken down the items.

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Permalink Reply by Erich Jerozal on June 22, 2014 at 6:30am

If you don't know autographs maybe you shouldn't be selling them.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on June 22, 2014 at 6:38am

Mr. Calgar44, for YEARS we all tried to alert sellers that they were listing and selling forgeries and all we ever got was "Mind your own business" or "These are authentic!!!."

So we stopped doing that. Now we just expose sellers of forgeries.

That being said, thank you for taking down those auctions.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on June 22, 2014 at 11:10am

Chris is right. Every time a seller is notified they will reply negatively or question who you are and what makes you a professional. Though there is nothing that makes a person a professional. There are folks that charge for opinions but many if those are no better then an experienced collector.

EBAY sellers who sell forgeries should be listed here to warn others. You did the right thing and readers will know it. If they pop up again then everyone knows your still trying to sell them anyway.