The Masterpieces "buyback" Fakes are Back, Back Again, Tell a Friend

Oh these guys never stop:
and just added to ebay:

I’d add a comparison to a real Lincecum auto but this one isn’t even close.  Come on bro, you can do better than that.

 Here is the auction

Fake above

Real Below

and not to be out…

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This will continue to be updated for your collecting pleasure. 28 of 2571 to go. (98.91%) Need 28 Green /75
Complete
Light Blue /50 need 4
2 – Adrian Peterson
79 – Scott Norwood
83 – Tom Brady
86 – Vince Lombardi

Green Metallic /50 need 3
10 -…

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I find this stuff to be very interesting. These are the big boys of collecting and they have to go through this stuff.

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Oh the bill is large this year.

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This site certainly does.  Altered cards.com

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But tell me they don’t look good:

Picked these up from the Sewing Machine Guy.  He, like many of us, has had a crisis of collecting. I’ll keep these around in case he decides he wants these back.  I’ve done that before. I have bought collect…

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I made this

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Listen, I have no idea whether Zistle makes any money but the site is a great resource for collectors regardless.  I’ve spent the last few hours working out their masterpieces postings the best I can.  What they need are for people to go in a…

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This is one of those cards that you dread as a rare set collector. You just never know when a player collector is going to go to the mat for a card like this. I’m pretty sure card #8 of the set cost me $30 or so. This one cost me $14 shipped. Sanders, …

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Ok,I have gotten quite a few requests to do a group break. Looking at the products out there is a bit scary. Base cards, prospect autos…..Let’s just say I am skeptical. One product I am not skeptical about is Leaf Ink. Look, most of us are collectors…

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As everyone knows Gary Carter passed away today.  It’s times like these that I can understand the nostalgia of HOF voters when they vote in the heroes of their childhood yet give little credence to players that are their contemporaries in age.

On…

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Yesterday Fieldlevelview was asking Panini if they had preview info for Crown Royal Hockey.  It told him to just post last year’s preview.

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

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Some time ago I wasn’t sure how much certain cards would go for or how much I wanted to pay for that matter.  In addition I wasn’t actively collecting this set. Let’s back up a minute.

As you all know I employ every tactic known to man to try and…

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For the love of Heysuse Christos.

Three pet peeves here.  First, calling a shit break, a good one.  Second, not reading the point of the post and then commenting.  Third, saying “let the haters hate”.

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Now all I have to do is pay to have these damn things shipped.

Set NameDescription
2007 UD Masterpieces Black Linen2004 Boston Red Sox
2007 UD Masterpieces Blue SteelKei Igawa
2007 UD Masterpieces Blue SteelBobby Thomson
2007 UD Masterpieces Blue St…

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I tip my hat to those that are constantly try to find and report on fakes.  Gellman from SCU is one major player that tries to educate.

In doing my normal exhaustive search for Masterpieces I came upon this thread at Freedom Card Board.  Fin…

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It’s all over but the shipping.  I started out to collecting the Masterpieces framed sets for many reasons.  Nobody else was really collecting them, they were cheap, there was nothing else to really collect and of course proof on concept or l…

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The history of the 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces Football Burgundy /25 set.  I didn’t seriously collect this set because I figured that such a thing was impossible.  I had a few of these cards, picked up a couple on ebay, 1 or so per case, som…

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This will continue to be updated for your collecting pleasure. 41 of 2571 to go. (98.41%)
Need 48
Green /75 need 1
of 105
3 – David Tyree

Light Blue /50 need 4
2 – Adrian Peterson
32 – (Incoming)
60 – Malcolm Kelly (incoming)
79 – Scott Norw…

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A few days back I completed my 2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces Pinot /75 set when Chutley magically appeared on COMC.  Last Sunday I noted an auction that appeared that purported to be a Blue Steel Gehrig /50.  So I emailed the seller to find ou…

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Sometimes I feel like I am cheating when I complete sets using Comc or Ebay, but with 2007 Masterpieces and having busted 26 1/2 cases I don’t feel that way at all.  here is why.  You get 5-7 pinots per case.  Even at the low end that is…

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As I said in my last post, I purchased a large collection of Masterpieces Football parallels and patches sight unseen.  I paid the big bucks but it was worth it.  Here are the highlights.  If any of you know where any of the last 50…

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It’s been a few months, but here I am.  Many of you have been following my Masterpieces Quest and as you can see from my want list in the post below, I have made significant headway. 

I busted 26 cases of 2007 Masterpieces Baseball and am c…

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Yup, took me about 5 hours to bust them all.

Pulled the JFK to complete the Hades in the second to last pack.

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Don’t try this at home kids. I am 21 cases in and I have bought more singles than should be allowed by law. Here is what I picked up for $110. Remember, these are /50.  Apparently these two guys were trying to build these sets and decided to stop….

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This is the whole collection…..so far:

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Everything but the serial numbered parallels are for sale.  The Frank Thomas auto in the set is rumored to be the rarest of all.  I have never actually seen one.  I had to settle for the plate:

No Case Hit Auto

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Oher was the last.  The set was pretty difficult to put together but certainly not impossible.  Some dude on ebay is trying to sell a set.  He started out at $999 and is down to $699. I’s only 23 cards as two players apparently didn’t si…

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I’ll have pics of the complete set up sometime next week.

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