Have you ever wanted an autograph signed by a 12-year old LeBron James? How about an 8-year old Kevin Durant? Well now you can according to one scammer he has a collection of 1996-97 Skybox Autographics that some how includes players who were not even out of middle school at the time. To cover his ass the scammer is saying the cards came from a bulk storage but that they appear genuine.
A seller named pmitch_82, who somehow has over 6000 feedback with 100% positive feedback, is selling cards that he is claiming came from the 1996-97 Skybox Autographics set. Other players he is selling as part of the set, Carmelo Anthony (12-years old in 1996), Chris Paul (12-years in 1996), Dwayne Wade (14 years-old in 1996) and Derrick Rose (8-years old in 1996).
The cards are all signed with the same blue ink, except
Allen Iverson, and some people on the Blowout Forums are saying that it appears
that the autographs are not real but may really be facsimiles. What is even scarier
is that every one of the cards have bids with the LeBron James card currently
sitting at $112 and Charles Barkley at $100 even.
For the record, none of the players he is selling even
appeared on the 1996-97 Skybox Autographics checklist and this includes the players who were active at the time like Barkley and Shaq. For comparison my 1996-97
Skybox Autographics Steve Kerr autograph is below.
A fool and his money is soon parted. The saying is true!
ReplyDeleteHa. People will buy anything.
ReplyDeleteDamn. Sucks for whoever gets stuck winning these auctions. A small part of me feels that people should do their research before bidding. But mostly... I feel bad that some grandma who has no idea what she's buying is going to give her grandson a fake Lebron autograph for his high school graduation present.
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