System Sports
System Sports
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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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 Sony PSP go Pearl White Handheld System US $75.00
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 Atari 7800 Black Console with 21 Games in their original boxes US $71.00
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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 $61.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC With Extras Perfect condition US $160.00
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 Sony PS2 PlayStation 2 Slim Charcoal Black Console System US $40.99
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 Sega Genesis Core System Complete with 12 Games and 2 Controllers US $159.99
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 Nintendo Game Boy micro Black Handheld System US $40.99
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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 with sports cd US $99.00
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 Nintendo Wii Sports Resort Pack White Console USED ONCE wrapped neatly in box US $149.95
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 Sega Dreamcast White Console NTSC US $1.04
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC US $200.00
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 INTERACTIVE ARCADE WIRELESS GAMING SYSTEM 3 GRAPHIC US $10.00
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 Nintendo Game Boy micro Black Handheld System Cover Charger Game US $46.00
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 Nintendo Wii Sports Resort Pack White Console NTSC US $70.00
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 Playstation 2 Slim PS2 System Games Bundle Lot US $39.50
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 Nintendo Wii System Wii Sports Resort Pack Black in Box MUST SEE NICE US $70.00
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 Sony PlayStation 3 Slim Latest Move Bundle Games 320 Gb System HDMI Controller US $236.35
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 Sega Genesis Black Console with 41 games 2 controllers and more US $61.00
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 Sony PlayStation 3 160 GB Piano Black Console NTSC US $96.51
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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 Console Plus 3 Controllers 3 Nunchuks 3 Guns US $400.00
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 Sony PlayStation 2 Slim Charcoal Black System Console PS2 NTSC SCPH 77001CB US $45.50
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 Nintendo Wii Sports Resort Pack Black Console NTSC US $115.00
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 Nintendo Wii Sports Resort Pack Black Console Zelda Twilight Princess For Wii US $160.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console Mario Nunchuk Wand Guitar Hero Sensor NR US $56.00
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 Sega Dreamcast White Console NTSC with cords and 4 controllers US $50.00
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 Nintendo Wii Mario Kart Pack White Console NTSC US $81.00
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 Nintendo Wii Console Lots of extras US $105.00
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 Sony PlayStation 2 Slim Satin Silver Console lot bundle w games memory card US $80.00
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 Used Sega DREAMCAST Video Game Console with Guns 16 Games and Much More NTSC US $249.97
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 Sega Dreamcast Sports Black Console 2 controllers 12 games Game Shark Memory US $99.00
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 Nintendo Wii Sports Resort Pack Black Console NTSC plus accessories US $61.00
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 NINTENDO WII VIDEO GAME CONSOLE US $14.50
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 Microsoft Xbox 360 Slim 250GB Bundle with Kinect and Two Games US $147.50
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 Nintendo Wii Red Console includes 11 games and extra attachments US $150.00
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 Sony PSP go Pearl White Handheld System STILL in box US $77.00
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 Sony PlayStation 2 Slim Charcoal Black Console NTSC CORDS GAMES MEMORY US $40.00
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 Nintendo Wii Sports Resort Pack Black Console PAL US $36.50
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 Sony PSP God of War Deep Red Handheld System with Extras US $75.00
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 NEC TurboExpress 4 Games Turbo Grafx 16 Handheld System US $73.69
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 Nintendo Wii Black Console Bundle w 4 games US $77.00
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 Nintendo Wii Plus Extras US $79.99
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 Sony PlayStation 2 Slim Charcoal Black Console NTSC SCPH 90001CBPowers Up US $22.50
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 NINTENDO WII PRISTINE CONDITION INCLUDES GAME US $49.99
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 XaviX PORT INTERACTIVE WIRELESS GAME PORT US $9.99
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 Sony PlayStation 2 Slim WHITE Console Bundle W Lots Of Goodies US $40.01
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSCVideo Game System US $49.00
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 Nintendo GAMECUBE Limited Edition Platinum Console w 11 gamesread description US $5.50
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 New Jakks Pacific Atari PlugPlay TV video Game PAL Plug And Play 10 Games New US $11.99
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 Nintendo Wii Sports Resort Pack White Console NTSC FREE SHIPPING US $50.00
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 TV Games Atari Plug and Play Video Game System US $2.99 |
 320gb PlayStation 3 Slim PlayStation Move Sports Champions Fallout New Vegas US $249.99
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 Wii game system Nintendo System controllers games and more US $42.00
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 Sega Dreamcast Console Model 1 Bundle w Controller Crazy Taxi All hookups US $25.00
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 Sony PSP Go 16GB Pearl White Handheld Video Game System Grade A US $51.00
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 Nintendo SNES Gray Console with 18 games US $125.00
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 Nintendo Wii Black Console W Controllers US $20.50
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 Sony PlayStation 2 Slim Charcoal Black Console NTSC SCPH 70012CB US $41.50
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 Nintendo Wii Black NTSC US $65.00
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 Sony PlayStation 2 Slim Charcoal Black Console NTSC SCPH 70012CB Working Ps2 US $25.00
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 Wii SPORTS RESORT SYSTEM 15 GAME LOT WITH ACCESSORIES US $220.00
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 Sony PlayStation 2 Slim Charcoal Black Console NTSC SCPH 79001CB US $39.99
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 Nintendo Wii Sports Resort Pack Black Console NTSC Barely Used Excellent US $80.00
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 Atari Flashback 3 Plug and Play with 60 Built in Games Brand New In Box US $45.00
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 Sony PlayStation 2 Slim Satin Silver Console NTSC SCPH 77001SS US $42.50
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 Sony PlayStation 2 Slim Charcoal Black Console NTSC SCPH 75001CB US $29.00
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 Nintendo Wii White Console with accessories and games US $38.00
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 Nintendo Wii Red Console AS IS Wont read discs US $29.99
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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 red system NTSC US $49.99
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 Three Sony PlayStation 2 Slim PS2 For Parts Not Working Broken US $128.00
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 Used Sega Dreamcast Console Games Accessories NTSC US $45.00
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 Sega Genesis Black Console NTSC US $150.00
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 Sony PlayStation 3 320GB System PlayStation Move Sports Champions Bundle US $113.50
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 Sega Dreamcast Black Console W RESIDENT EVIL MATCHING CONTROLLER BUNDLE US $31.00
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 Nintendo Wii Black Console NTSC US $149.99
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 Sony PlayStation 2 Slim Charcoal Black Console NTSC SCPH 70001CB AS IS US $19.50
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 Nintendo Wii Game Console System Wii Sports Extras FREE SHIP 4 CONTROLLERS GAMES US $46.00
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 Sony PlayStation 2 Slim Charcoal Black Console EXTRAS US $39.50
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 Nintendo Wii White Console NTSC NO RESERVE US $45.00
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 Nintendo Wii Motion plus Sports Resorts Pack 128mg card xtra attchmnts US $99.00
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 Nintendo Wii Console Lot Extras 20 Games 10 Controllers Over $900 Value US $157.50
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The System 2012
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
