I Am Meatballs

Return of the Meatballs. Here for the three Cs: cards, collectibles, and cavatappi.

[I Am Meatballs @ItsMeMeatballs]

After learning some 2023 Topps update parallels (bats, witches) had numbering mixed up, decided to start tracking the issue. Let's get spooky.

Some quick takeaways:

* Slight majority of bats parallels seen so far are numbered out of /5 (should be 1/1).

[SportsCard TV @YoungKen156236]

Fake Patch Card. BGS graded this card WRONGLY. This is NBA Gear Combos Signature (Kobe as an example), not NBA Gear Laundry Tag Combos Signatures (which should have prime in the middle of card).

[I Am Meatballs @ItsMeMeatballs]

@RyanStadler79 @card_kt @annietendo @CardPurchaser The same account also posted another example where four separate people got skunked after they each bought in for ~$5,000.

[CLESPORTSINVESTOR @CLE_440]

Last Night’s Filthbomb “Super Break” a nice $50,000 win for the house and a 66% RTP for the bidders
thoughts/analysis/more below👇👇👇

[I Am Meatballs @ItsMeMeatballs]

@BenMBurrows I don’t understand how setups like this don’t run afoul of gambling laws in most states.

[Ryan Stadler @RyanStadler79]

@35auburn And @AskeBay won't act to this one. They sold another yesterday, now 10 total. That's 4 sold since I first posted here, after multiple on the app reports. Over 20k in sales of fake trash and it just sits. But they "passed it along"... 💤 😴 💤

[I Am Meatballs @ItsMeMeatballs]

@RyanStadler79 @35auburn @BenMBurrows @Paul_Lesko “Well, it did look the same. Now it looks like a sad banana.”

[I Am Meatballs @ItsMeMeatballs]

@35auburn @BenMBurrows @Paul_Lesko I’m not even sure the guy has actually slabbed any cards yet.

I asked for pics of the reverse and received the response that it looks just like any other slab (no pics sent).

[I Am Meatballs @ItsMeMeatballs]

@RyanStadler79 @PSAcard @tiffanycards @35auburn I know there are a million different parallels and they can be easy to confuse, but this seems like the type of error that should be picked up in any QA process before this is sent out.

[I Am Meatballs @ItsMeMeatballs]

@35auburn Just going to follow up that after some digging, I do not believe he is behind this company rollout.

[auburn35 @35auburn]

Still can't believe @PSAcard said this was a 10, and doubled down when reholdering the card.

The card itself is laughing, highlighting surface issues that directly impact the grade.

Seems like standards and T&C's are fighting against each other on this one.
@natsturner @rhoge

[I Am Meatballs @ItsMeMeatballs]

@35auburn @BenMBurrows The few other images they have up on cert pages also seem to be photoshopped PSA slabs.

[I Am Meatballs @ItsMeMeatballs]

@35auburn @Paul_Lesko $1,777???? I’m nauseous for whoever bought this.

[auburn35 @35auburn]

Thought this was worth a share.

A Kentucky Sheriff's office auctioned off this group of allegedly seized Mahomes cards today.

An "etsy special" gets seized, and now someone else likely scammed, when the items are sold again. 🤪
@Paul_Lesko
https://t.co/8Wua65TUxW

[I Am Meatballs @ItsMeMeatballs]

@RattlePokemon Hm. On this Jerry Jeudy one, looks like it is printed over the front of a 2020 Panini Donruss card.

[RattlePokemon @RattlePokemon]

New Video! https://t.co/CHRiN93mxV
Where Are All The Stolen Black Bolt & White Flare Pokemon Cards Coming From?

[Paul Lesko @Paul_Lesko]

In (one of) the court cases between the Atlanta Braves and Heritage Auctions over auctioning of the 715th Hank Aaron home run bases (and some other Aaron memorabilia)...Heritage filed an answer this week that explains its position on the Aaron memorabilia in a little more detail.

[I Am Meatballs @ItsMeMeatballs]

@bigwerms Their Whatnot channel was previously called out for badly resealing packs.

The owner of OTIA, Jason Koonce, also has a sketchy history in the hobby.

https://t.co/httiH2NhiT

[Concrete_Jungle_Sports @C_junglesports]

Purchased some packs from OTIA rips on Whatnot and it looks like they resealed and taped packs to ensure no hits were given @CardPurchaser @Whatnot

[chris_hoj @HouseOfJordans]

imagine my surprise to see that 100% of the 30-day bidding activity by the 111 fb account was with the seller

[I Am Meatballs @ItsMeMeatballs]

@BenMBurrows @JunkWaxHero79 @35auburn @Paul_Lesko I haven't seen him share that anywhere else. It's not in the complaint he filed.

He had some videos that mentioned his grandmother was a collector, but he did not claim that he got it from her. Found it odd that his acquisition was left out of the story he's selling.