From the Operation Bullpen author Kevin Nelson comes the latest installment on celebrity and historic and political forgeries. If a photo, album or poster is filled with multiple signatures and it seems to good to be true, it probably is. Getting the cast or group to all sign a piece is often a foolhardy thought.
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Forged ‘Cuts’: How Crooks Spun Pieces of Paper into Gold
Ray Hess: Decades of Observation in the Hobby
Part 5: What’s So Crazy About a Mother Teresa Baseball Anyhow?
‘Operation Bullpen’ author Kevin Nelson pens the final installment in his series on the famous forgery ring: Of all the hundreds of thousands of counterfeits produced by the Operation Bullpen gang, none has ever invited so much comment or ridicule as the Mother Teresa baseball, arguably the most famous autograph forgery ever made.
Forging the Big Three: DiMaggio, Mantle, Williams
The 1998 Home Run Chase: A Perfect Storm for Counterfeiters
How To Trick People and Get Away With It: The Art and Craft of the Forger
Operation Bullpen, and Why Forgers Don’t Always Hit the Sweet Spot
MLB’s Official Historian is a Collector Himself
Opening Online: The National Pastime Museum
Ready to launch is an online venue dubbed The National Pastime Museum – an impressive baseball collection available to all. As of now, five sections make up a timeline on the site: 1845-79, 1880-99, 1900-19, 1920-39 and 1940-52. The focus is on memorabilia and the stories behind the pieces on display.