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Notice anything strange about this Rivera ball offered by Probstein123?
You have to look very closely but it becomes painfully obvious. This is a current auction, and the bids are up to $115.00
For the record, I did contact the seller about this last week, and their response was "looks like a bad pen". yeah that's it.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on
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A faded signature was traced over. If the slow, wobbly application isn't enough to convince someone, you can actually see remnants of the gray faded signature peeking out in spots.
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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on
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Bingo. the point is that it is obvious just by looking at a photo. I understand that powersellers like this have thousands of items for sale at one time, so something like this can be overlooked. but in this case, I actually contacted them on it, and it is still being listed. Once the recipient sees the ball in person, I am sure the seller will have a return on his hands.
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Permalink Reply by Erich Jerozal on
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yes. slowly drawn to me.
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Permalink Reply by David S on
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I once purchased a similar item. Luckily for me, it was a Steve Carlton ball, cost only about $25-30. Once I realized it was traced over a faded signature (about a year after I purchased), i removed the signature and now use the ball for catch. Now it's something I look at very closely.
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some are more obvious than others. there is a Red Sox ball currently on ebay, where someone took a faded souvenir ball, with stamped signatures and traced over them. Unbelievable.
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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on
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Great catch! This item needs to be removed from Probstein123
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yep. it looks like one of those cheap china balls, where the ink bleeds into the cover. definitely traced.
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here is the red sox ball I was referring to:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Boston-Red-Sox-Team-Signed-Autographed...
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wow. in blue ink over black stamp.
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