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What you should do when you find forgeries in your collection.

I asked for an opinion on a Ken Griffey Jr and a Ted Williams last month. There was a consensus that they were no good. They were random items that were in my collection for decades. I don't even remember how I acquired them.

Today a friend showed me a Willie Mays bat which he purchased at a charity auction. It is very questionable. It really saddens me that honest, albeit naive, people get taken every day.

What I don't see enough of is people purging these items from the market. The picture attached is what should be done. I think allot of forgeries end up back on the market because people don't want them in their collection, but they also don't care if they end up in another collection.

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Permalink Reply by wascher on January 25, 2016 at 11:19pm

There are a couple of people on the forum who have shown video's watching their bad item(s) burn on grills, stoves, garbage cans, fireplaces etc.

Glad you decided to destroy and share here as well.

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Permalink Reply by TradeGeek on January 26, 2016 at 9:42am

So I need to be more creative next time! Maybe sulfuric acid. :)

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on January 26, 2016 at 3:46am

Well done, TradeGeek.

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Permalink Reply by Rich on January 26, 2016 at 7:54am

Probably depends on the source. If an honest seller made an honest mistake, you should be able to return the item (and hope that he/she does the right thing). If it's a dirtbag forger who disappears, then destroying the thing is the best option. I've thrown out a number of bad/questionable items in recent years.

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Permalink Reply by TradeGeek on January 26, 2016 at 8:18am

I'm on the fense as to what to tell my friend. It wad sold for charity. I have a feeling the dirt bags sell to charities in bulk for fund raising. My friend paid $250 for a Mays bat. Has a Sey Hey hologram but the signature is strange and so is the bat itself. I posted a thread on it yesterday.