Donavan Tate USA auto.....this doesn't look right.

Randy Shields · Jul 1, 2009

I was doing my search of "mispelled names and came upon this auction of Donavan Tate

I didn't open any USA sets and am not familiar with all of the auto's, but who's auto is this? Were these cards all bandaid auto's?

Seiya · Jul 1, 2009

Doesn't look right at all, possible numbered card and fake auto? Just a thought.

FortyFour · Jul 1, 2009

Seiya said:
Doesn't look right at all, possible numbered card and fake auto? Just a thought.

your thought is wrong seyia.

200lbhockeyplayer · Jul 1, 2009

I think he signed if with his desired nickname...

"Chief Wahoo DT"

Seiya · Jul 1, 2009

boxbreaker44 said:
Seiya said:

Doesn't look right at all, possible numbered card and fake auto? Just a thought.

Click to expand...

your thought is wrong seyia.

special inscription?

Randy Shields · Jul 3, 2009

^Booomp^

Anyone who busted this stuff know who's auto this really is?

kentuckyderby · Jul 3, 2009

Chief Wiggum?

hive17 · Jul 3, 2009

kentuckyderby said:
Chief Wiggins?

Chief Wiggum?

HoustonTeams4Me · Jul 3, 2009

Randy Shields said:
^Booomp^

Anyone who busted this stuff know who's auto this really is?

Not a clue, but I'm guessing that Tate just threw on a nickname (possibly signing this after he signed a "Q&A" or "IHOW" card) & then added DT (D.Tate) after the inscription/nickname; then this made it's way into the set's. These were on-card (not sticker's) so I guess anything's possible if these player's signed these unsupervised...heck, it even could have been a friend of Tate's or a loved one who was thier when he was signing these (imagine his bud's coming over to pick him up to go out for the evening & Tate saying: "hold on, I gotta finish signing this stack of baseball card's before I head out" & the friend grabbing some to help out so they can be on thier way)...I know, lame scenario! :? :lol:

HawaiianLance · Jul 3, 2009

HoustonTeams4Me said:
(imagine his bud's coming over to pick him up to go out for the evening & Tate saying: "hold on, I gotta finish signing this stack of baseball card's before I head out" & the friend grabbing some to help out so they can be on thier way)...I know, lame scenario! :? :lol:

Not lame at all imo.

Just prior to the Beijing Olympics a local news channel went to interview an Olympic hopeful from Hawaii, a judoka by the name of Taylor Takata.

While he was talking to the reporter, you could see in the background (and I'm not talking 'far away' - but literally behind the man) a bunch of his friends signing Topps cards. (they were based on the 07 design - the all black field with the colored squares) Now while it's true I didn't see what they were scribbling onto the cards, I don't think they were marking them up for laughs. Each of them had a pile of about 50 cards each next to them and they were signing away like a well-oiled assembly line.

And this was about the time I recall hearing that Topps was doing an Olympic set. So before making a public accusation, I privately reached out to a Beckett mod to see what they could find out. Perhaps alert Topps that, if they were indeed doing such a set and if they were inserting autographs, I thought it prudent to address the issue of having a Topps representative at the very least review the process.

Being Beckett mods - you can imagine the reply I received. <insert crickets here> Even followed-up a week later by going to a different mod. <insert more crickets here>

I don't know if Topps ever did an Olympics set (a net search yielded nada) but your scenario isn't lame - in fact I'd say it was very within the realm of the possible.

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