Thief Of $2 Million In Sports Cards BUSTED? | Fake Michael Jordan PMG Graded & Sold? | & More News!
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In today's Clearing The Bases, I cover the alleged thief who stole $2 million in sports cards being busted, the counterfeit PSA card ring being busted, the fake Michael Jordan PMG, and more sports card, memorabilia, and collectibles news!
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I take it Best Western doesn't do any drug screening.
lol great comment
Yes they make sure all their employees are on drugs before hiring
Videos always make my day. Thank you 🤙🏻
Thank YOU!
1) Concerning the Clark Base and Auto 1/1 card. I know you're not into ultra modern but I'm pretty sure every card company does this with just about every player. You'll have 1/1, 1/5, 1/10, 1/25, etc. and they're all the same image, just different backgrounds. That's why all these Victor Wembanyama cards going for $5K-$10K confuses me.
2) 20:00 - Are these rates in addition to the fees you pay eBay? So you could have fees for grading + final value fee + fee for shipping the card? Has anyone added up what all these fees could amount to? 25%? 35% More?
3) Received my Pennysleever products and quite happy. Well made stuff! Thanks again for the discount code.
As always, great video! Thanks!
With the Clark, I say the same thing about other cards… changing colors and slapping a sticker on and jacking the price up is crazy to me.
I think those fees are inclusive of eBay but will confirm.
Glad to hear you like the products! I’ll pass your feedback on.
18:45 ultra modern: it hurts to watch it happen 😮😂
Yep
Are you going to National if I am Meatballs is not going !😄 WILL IT BE WORTH IT?
lol
🤦. Tell Will of course FedEx insurance doesn’t cover lost shipments once delivered. Plus FedEx insurance is capped. ML has “real” insurance and chances are, the cards were never insured by FedEx as it’s not needed. ML’s main policy covered the shipment
Are you sure? I was under the impression that Will was talking about ML’s regular insurance policy.
@@JunkWaxHero i replied to his tweet. It’s the way he worded it. makes it sound like ML must’ve purchased FedEx insurance.
@@TJ_Is_Online I assumed he had done some journalism…
Mike, did they include the reverse side of that Jordan PMG? Those are all serial numbered, so I would love to see how they tried to fake the serial number, and what that looks like.
No serial number
The buyer emailed me. More soon
@@JunkWaxHero wow, how did that thing even initially get slabbed with no serial number on the back? We are living in bizarre times.
I quit baseball in 1994 and yet I can not be implicated in the strike. Memory Lane oughta be shown the exit for such stupidity. Dude looks like the bass player from Sublime.
Well he had $2 million
But he, he spent it all
No likes on your comment I’m thinking nobody got it :-(
@@checkmugged I go it. I just like Mike to suffer.
@@checkmugged did you? It was fairly obscure
Oh.. actually, Lastly - Sports cards and drinking is a Brilliant Idea!! Do you know how many times I have spent excess money (but was fortunate to have made out) while I was having a few adult beverages and scrolling Auctions!!
Maybe I should say, it increased my likelihood to 'take a chance' and the lots worked out.
lol yeah good point
Glad that the you didn’t lose your connection. Great that they caught the hotel card thief.
Jokic still won his third MVP, so not sure that it mattered that the Nuggets didn’t make it to the final. Still wouldn’t pay $200K for a card. 😂
Hope you find some fun cards in that haul of 9 boxes.
I have a hard time spending $200 on a card!
@@JunkWaxHero, Ha. I get it. Unfortunately or fortunately I buy too many $200 cards. After about $1K is where I have a hard time. The most I ever spent was $1,500 on a Koufax rookie PSA 6.5 back in 2019 before card prices went up. The card has more than doubled in price. Pretty happy with that.
@@kenscardboard great buy! My most was last week at $575
@@JunkWaxHero , was purely good timing on my part getting back into the hobby a year before the pandemic.
I'm sorry Mike.. these clearing the bases videos makes me feel all type of ways.
With the Clark.. Isn't that the same thing for all Variations? Same photo and card.. only difference is the Color and print run they put on them. IE: Wemby /10 Gold vs. the 1/1 Black? Purple vs. Purple Wave?
I view it all the same..
Yes and I feel the same way about those. Especially with sticker autos on 1/1s.
Panini … 😂
Mike, I’m with you on the Caitlin Clark. It’s not for me, either. But they didn’t just change the color and add a sticker. They printed 1 of them. Versus 100,000 of the base. So yea, I get it. But I’m guessing that manufactured scarcity is driving the value. It just so happens to be a different color with a sticker added 😂
lol yes much more appealing
Sports Card- Sports Bar- YES! Have a great Memorial Day!👍❤️
You too, Rob!
Was just reading this earlier. There were some huge cards in that collection.
Indeed
Stayed connected throughout...happy Memorial Day Mike
Thanks Michael! Same to you
I see the Lizzy Mcgwire Knot head card being a 3 million dollar card very soon. Or maybe 1 Doll hair? More likely 1 doll hair
I’m buying all of them! I’ll be rich in a month.
Kaitlin Clark's card made me think, again, that there will be a lot of disillusioned ultra-modern "investors" in time. They apparently didn't learn from many of their 2021 "investments" losing 75% and more of their value. I guess they figure they just have to time the market better. Anyway, those who don't flee the hobby with bitter feelings may turn their lonely eyes to Joltin' Joe - that is, vintage.
As long as it doesn’t make the vintage cards more expensive before I can buy them 😂
But what about Wandering Franklins, Mike Halibut and Ronnie Acuza? Get your V-Wems..Only 15 K Get your Joey lawrence, Bobby herberts and all idiots with nicknames that start with T.T-law, T-lance, T-Bone. Don't sleep on kyler Murray, mac davis or kenny Pickens
More great stuff
Thanks Orlando!
There are some bad actors in the hobby. These 2 guys, that stole millions of dollars of Pokemon cards and others, is what I think puts grading companies like, PSA, SGC and BGS on edge. Because even in the times it's not the graders doing something shady, it does bring bad press and publicity. We shouldn't have to buy cards graded, and wonder or have to question where they came from or if the cards were switched out or tampered, too. I had kind of an odd interaction with one of the vendors at the Mid-Atlantic.
The card I purchased is in a slab. Just thought the vendor was, acting a shady. I feel like he was, hiding something. Maybe.
But for now, I am just going to assume that what I bought is well, what I exactly bought. Yea.
Interesting…
@@JunkWaxHero Yea..there are risks I think when it comes to buying and maybe selling too, for both e-bay and online, but also in person also. It's great to be able to make deals with people who you know and trust. But it doesn't always happen. Anyway RIP Bill Walton. Sad day. I didn't know he was sick. Celtics will win the finals in 6.
we need a Topps Now card with the mugshot
If he was planning to sell the cards he stole wouldn't he have to crack them since the serial #'s would be known as stolen?
Yep
Another great upload, Mike. 👍
Thank you for the update regarding the alleged Strongsville 'heist'. The man in the article is charged with the crime, but not convicted by Judge/Jury of it yet (to my understanding), so is entitled to the presumption of innocence. Definitely not looking good for him though, that's for sure!
What a lovely thing of that young lady, hit by the ball, to do (donating the proceeds of the card sales to a worthy charity).
A great example to us all!
Hope all U.S.-based collectors enjoy the rest of your long weekend. 👍
Thanks John!
The real crime is the robbery of the person who bought the stolen cards for $4800. This whole story/situation is real fishy.
Wait where have you seen this?
Good stuff, thanks for the update on the hotel card heist, happy memorial day to all
Same to you!
Good Morning Mike another Great Video, you and I am Meatballs should do a video together on this segment just to hear what Comical Commentary he has to say,Good Day Sir 😊
Haha thanks!
I reached out to Just Collect (actually about a couple of those Magic Motion cards you did a video on) and that was about a week ago; I haven't heard anything from them.
That has to be one of the most obvious and dumbest things a Culprit could do! LMAO
..steal the cards, bury them, let the heat settle..
Lastly.. Welcome back Meatballs; we were worried!
He told me you reached out to him! I’m surprised you haven’t heard back yet. I know you will. He received your message Wednesday evening. Please let me know how it goes.
@@JunkWaxHero just to inform you, I spoke with REA today and until I sign the agreement, they're still mine.
Still.. no word..
If that Purdy isn’t a PSA 10, it’s not on the seller to fix that… Buyer needs to send it in for Review at PSA in this case. Happens sometimes. I’ve found cards in my collection that were PSA 9 and had issues. Sent them back to PSA and they’ll reholder with lower grade and send back card and the value of what the card was in a 9, too.
Yeah happened to my friend once
@@JunkWaxHero First one I caught in my collection was in my Ripken rookie set… Had four 9’s and looking through them one day, I saw a wonky corner on the ‘82 Donruss. Sent back for review and they returned it in a PSA 4 and gave me $75 (would have prefer $100, but card was selling low at the time).
Happy Memorial Day Mike, will you someday do a video on the 9 boxes of 80 & 90’s sport cards you picked up this weekend in Vermont? I know it’s going to be a lot of work, but what about listing the top 5 cards from each year & then letting us know what you found?
With all those cards, you can make a few different videos. Like which sport, each card company, their condition, the value & any other interesting facts.
I’ll have a preliminary video this week, but won’t be done with everything until July. It’s a LOT!
I can't imagine A) what possesses someone to steal that stash of cards or B) who'd be naive enough to think they weren't hot and buy em!!!
Exactly
The -5% seller commission for non graded items means you will only get 95% of the price before buyers premium. With $25k+ items, you will get 105%
Thank you!
There’s nothing dumb about donating to concussion research. The NFL should’ve done this 50 years ago.
Agreed. I didn’t say it was dumb.
The guy who stole the cards looks like a Chum-Lee look a like!
Mike, you didn't loose any connection.
Video was complete with no breaks.
Thank you!
I'm putting all of my junk wax and early modern hockey in the closet to go through at a later date. I'm taking in a dog for a month or two and he likes cardboard.
lol
I told you I had an alibi for the Strongsville theft. You, however, publicly expressed an interest in the Williams card that is still missing. Care to explain that, Mike? 😉 The Liz McGuire story is something. I’d love to have one of those cards that Topps made for her, but spending that kind of $$ on a vintage card seems to make more sense to me. Yeah, like the one you bought from Mike. 🤩 I hope you plan to share what’s in those boxes with us.
Haha thanks Ken. Yes, initial video this week.
One day grading is going to come back and bite collectors
Possible
It seems the next step in the hobby is a 4th party grading and slabbing the graded slabs 😂
You joke, but I would not be surprised!
If anyone has seen Better Call Saul, that photo reminds me of the guy working at the photocopy place.
YES!! Haha wow
BRILLIANT series! Breaking Bad was very good, but BCS was better! Such a slimey character in the series! 😂
What became of the Johnson and Williams cards? If he sold them, they should be found fairly quickly. Surely the authorities questioned the suspect on this point, but apparently did not get a helpful answer. I hope we get these details eventually. Stole $2 million in cards then quit ... yeah, it's fortunate that so many criminals are dumb.
No word yet!
Kinda awesome that I made it onto Clearing the Bases. Life highlight clearly.
This is at least the second time!
With the high value on the two missing Strongsville cards there has to be someone from some knowledge of the hobby involved. It sure isn't this guy.
Yeah I’ll be following the story closely
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Cocaine and benzos lol thats funny love yo
That ball to the head story is a bit fishy. The card says it was the 5/19 game. This was a day game and it was really hot (I was there). The game was over just after 4pm. In the photo, she is wearing multiple layers (with a jacket) and it is night time. I suppose she could have hung out for 4 hours after the game to take the photo and doesn’t mind being uncomfortably hot. I have no doubt she was hit on the head. I do doubt some of the details of the story, which leads me to doubting most of it…a conspiracy theory you didn’t know you wanted or needed on your holiday Monday.
It’s more likely that it swelled up like that much later. I got hit in the same spot by a golf ball in college and it was many hours later when it swelled to its peak. When I woke up the next morning it was even worse.