Sports Package
Sports Package
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 Nintendo Wii Sports White Console 3 Games We Fish SpongeBob Biggest Loser  US $95.95
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 Nintendo Wii White System Bundle w Remote Controller Nunchuck Sensor Used Works US $395.00
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 NINTENDO Wii WII SYSTEM ALL CORDS SENSOR BAR NUMBCHUCK MANUALS EUC US $69.99
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC WITH 3 GAMES BUNDLE US $85.99
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 Nintendo Wii Game Console System US $56.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console worth over 300 games controllers wheels US $399.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console Bundle Wii Fit Board Controllers Charger Sports US $85.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console Preloaded w 7 Popular Games from Wii Shop US $60.00
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 Nintendo Wii Sports Resort Pack White Console USED ONCE wrapped neatly in box US $149.95
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 Nintendo Wii White Console Slightly Used Bundle with controller and nun chuck US $80.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC US $200.00
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 Sony PlayStation 3 Slim Latest Move Bundle Games 320 Gb System HDMI Controller US $212.50
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 Sony PSP 2001 Silver Daxter 12 Games Hard Case Extras Lot Package Bundle US $159.95
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC w Super Smash Bros and Mario Cart US $70.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC Additional controller 2 Nunchucks Games US $99.99
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 Nintendo Wii White Console Plus MANY EXTRAS US $175.00
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 Nintendo Wii Black Console NTSC Wii NEW SUPER MARIO BROTHERS US $105.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console with one game Wii Sport US $105.00
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 Nintendo Wii Black Console NTSC US $62.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console Mario Nunchuk Wand Guitar Hero Sensor NR US $56.00
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 AS IS NINTENDO WII VIDEO GAME CONSOLE US $9.50
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 Nintendo Wii Black Console US $75.00
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 Sony PlayStation 2 Slim Playstation 2 Slim AS IS REPAIR US $19.50
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC Extras controllers US $120.00
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 NINTENDO WII VIDEO GAME CONSOLE US $14.50
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 Sony PlayStation 2 Slim Charcoal Black Console NTSC CORDS GAMES MEMORY US $40.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console W ACCESSORIES US $15.50
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 Used Wii Console Bundle with Wii Fit US $160.00
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 Nintendo Wii Black Console w LOZ Skyward Sword SSBB and 2 Classic Controller US $175.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSCVideo Game System US $49.00
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 NINTENDO Wii WHITE CONSOLE NTSC US $26.00
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 TV Games Atari Plug and Play Video Game System US $2.99 |
 Nintendo Wii White Console Great Condition 5 Games Fast Shipping US $71.00
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 Nintendo Wii Black Console Lots of extras US $41.00
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 Wii game system Nintendo System controllers games and more US $42.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console Games Extras US $225.00
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 Sony PSP Go 16GB Pearl White Handheld Video Game System Grade A US $49.00
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 Nintendo Wii Console as is US $50.00
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 Nintendo Wii Black Console W Controllers US $20.50
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 Nintendo Wii Console white US $90.00
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 Nintendo Wii Sports Resort Pack Black Console NTSC US $200.00
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 Nintendo Wii Black Console JB US $170.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC AS IS FOR PARTS US $39.99
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 Xbox 360 Slim 4gbKinectOriginal Package W Cords9 Games2 Wireless Controllers US $180.00
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 MUST SEE Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC With Games And Extras US $70.00
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 Nintendo White Wii Console For Parts AS IS US $9.99
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC 100 Functioning with all original parts US $22.50
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 Wii console nintendo US $25.00
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 Sony PlayStation 3 Slim Latest Model 160 gb Package Deal US $249.99
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC Includes Wii Fit Extra Controllers Games US $150.00
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 Nintendo Wii 2 Controllers 2 Numchucks Wii Sports Original Box Everything Includ US $31.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC Adult Owned w controllers memory games cables US $119.00
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 Nintendo Wii Black Console US $74.99
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 Brian Wilson Gnome US $50.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console US $177.99
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 2 NINTENDO WII WHITE CONSOLES BROKEN UNTESTED 1 CABLES PS SELLING AS IS US $6.66
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC Plus Wii Fit Board and More US $125.00
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 Nintendo Wii Mario Kart Pack Black Console NTSC US $300.00
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 HUGE LOT Nintendo Wii White Console 12 GAMES CHICKEN BLASTER PLUS GUN EXTRAS US $250.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC 7 Games US $24.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC NO RESERVE US $45.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC Just Dance 2 Just Dance 3 Michael Jackson US $275.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC with 6 games US $130.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC6 games Bonus game with Buy it Now US $75.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console BUNDLE See Description US $99.99
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 Wireless Interactive Multiplayer Video Game Console System w 40 Built In Games US $1.25
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 Nintendo Wii Black Console Manufacturer Refurbished RVL 001USA US $41.64
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC w Wii Sports US $51.00
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 Nintendo Wii Console With Two Remotes And Two Nunchucks US $149.99
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 NEW NINTENDO WII CONSOLE SYSTEM WII FIT PLUS GAME BALANCE BOARD BUNDLE 60 GAMES US $274.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console OnlyNewly Refurbished US $59.99
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Snark Bites: Compensation plan, computer questioned in separate probes (Knoxville News Sentinel)
Knox County authorities are questioning the compensation package of Gloria
Ray, president and CEO of the Knoxville Tourism and Sports Corp. A computer
that may have given bonuses to the Knox County Trustee staff is also being
interrogated.
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Are Your Sports Memorabilia Real Or Fake? by frank vanderlugt
There is a huge interest in sports memorabilia, and sports-related items include signed commemorative photos, baseballs, footballs, basketballs, pucks and jerseys.
A Google search of companies hawking these items comes up with almost 5 million businesses!
Some of the items on offer cost thousands of dollars.
Where there are so many eager and gullible customers, fraud is sure to appear.
A Sand Diego federal judge who recently sentenced several sports autograph forgers to prison said, "Life, liberty and the pursuit of the national pastime, has been undone". The prosecution stemmed from an FBI investigation called Operation Bullpen, which closed down a professional criminal organization that forged and sold bogus autographs.
60 search warrants were served, more than 2 dozen people arrested, and a warehouse with 10 million dollars worth of forged merchandise was seized. The ring leaders received 3 years in prison and forfeiture or assets to the IRS.
Both current and "vintage" items were involved. Any sports fan who has a signed souvenir may now want to question its authenticity. Phil Halpren, the assistant U.S. attorney who worked to prosecute the forgers stated that fraud is so pervasive in the sports memorabilia market that unless you personally see an item being signed by the athlete, odds are greater than fifty percent that it is fake.
The most athletes most well-known the the public are popular with forgers, too. Halpren said, "If you are looking at a Mark McGuire signature, it's almost a guarantee, 99.9 percent it is a forgery."
Certificates of authenticity can be fabricated just as easily as the collectible item they supposedly validate, so this is no protection.
Vendors are fighting back in an effort to maintain the integrity of the market.
Disney, which owns ESPN, will begin next year to auction signed sports memorabilia online. Disney says it will authenticate the signatures with holograms encrypted with the item's identifying information and package seals, videotaping the entire process.
Sophisticated forgers can even produce holographic seals which appear, on casual inspection, to be real. However, most forgers are amateurs, and the more sophisticated the anti-forgery system, the less likely criminals are to attempt to copy it.
Baseball and football are most popular in America, but a few famous hockey players such as Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr are popular targets for forgery as well.
With all the items available, both off and on the internet, fans can avoid a lot of fraud by using common sense.
For example, a baseball autographed by Babe Ruth selling for $500 is obviously a fake, because such a price is unbelievably low, too low for real market conditons.
Also, it pays to know a little bit about the development of baseballs and pens. If you see baseballs supposedly signed in the '20s and '30s with Sharpie pens, these are obviously fake, because these pens were not invented yet in that era. To quote Phil Halpren : "I have seen Babe Ruth balls signed on a Bobby Brown American League President ball.
So, you know, he was president in the early '80s. That's impossible to have been done. But someone did it."
So, while it's enjoyable to own a piece of sports history, the motto to follow is : buyer beware.
Unless you are a professional trader who knows how to authenticate merchandise, don't buy an item strictly for its potential resale value, because you may be disappointed by what you eventually get for it.
Buy an item you personally like and intend to keep, and don't spend thousands of dollars. This ensures that you will be happy when you look at your purchase, without the lingering doubt that you have wasted a large sum of money on something of dubious value.
About Sports Memorabilia by Frank Vanderlugt
Article Source: http://www.earticlesonline.com/Article/Are-Your-Sports-Memorabilia-Real-Or-Fake-/11917
