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Sports Collectibles Newsletter |
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Issue 20, 4/1/2006 |
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Tuff Stuff Misses the Point with Autograph Removal Article |
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Those of you who read Tuff Stuff Magazine on a regular basis are familiar with a new controversial process that removes autographs from baseballs. The process, created by Alan Berman, is being used to create a more collectible single signed baseball. For example, if you had a baseball autographed by Billy Ripken and Cal Ripken Jr., you may want to remove the Billy Ripken autograph so that you could have a ball signed by only Cal. The process is particularly useful for older balls where the desired player is deceased and there is little chance of finding an affordable ball signed by only them. I personally think that this is a great thing – this is a consumer driven business and if there is demand for it then I say do it as long as you don't mess with the integrity of the hobby (which, if you keep reading, you will see that they are not). However, there has been quite a bit of unwarranted negative publicity towards the process. Below I have transcribed the article as it appears in the February 2006 issue of Tuff Stuff Magazine. The article appears in bold, with my comments in normal weight (Fire Joe Morgan style). I have a great deal of respect for both Tuff Stuff and editor Rocky Landsverk (SportsLizard.com was mentioned in the same issue so I owe them a HUGE 'thank you' for the free publicity). That said, I disagree with the bias tone that the article takes against Berman and his process. Berman is left alone to "defend" his side while all of the authentication experts that Landsverk interviews are against the new process. [read more] |
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Novelty or Nonsense |
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I'm sure most of you have been wondering where I've been the last month or so. No doubt with more important things to do, you probably concluded. Perhaps I was reading about Barry Bonds injecting himself with an assortment of steroids, maybe tracking pitch counts at the world baseball classic, or even watching the madness that is college basketball in March. Nope. Actually I was busy bidding on an Adam Morrison used gauze pad. Now before you think any less of me, just remember that it could be worse. I could have been the pathetic loser who bid on the non-used gauze pad that was ALMOST used by Morrison, but fell cleanly to the court instead. But that would have been just plain silly. This brings me to my question, which is, what constitutes a sports collectible anyway? [read article] |
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FEATURED ITEM: Mario Lemieux Autographed Wall Plaque |
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This is a beautiful Mario Lemieux autographed wall plaque, which features the autographed Penguins photo mounted on a piece of 12X15" Black Marble wood. The plaque also includes 2 cards as well as a custom nameplate with gold lettering. This 8X10 photo was signed on November 14th, 2003 as the GREAT Mario Lemieux and the Penguins were in Buffalo, NY to play the Sabres. There is no reserve on this item!! Each autographed I sell comes with a COA from Adams Allsports Collectibles. COA comes complete with matching serial numbered holograms to coincide with hologram on the autographed item, as well as an item description and date that the autograph was obtained. Check out more great stuff at www.sportslizard.com and click on the Adams Allsports Collectibles link, or you can vitit my ebay store. [More Details] |
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