MEARS Mumbo-Jumbo?

[Bravesfan]

A prototype would be fine, IF there was any PROOF of it.
I don't think I would plunk down thousands of dollars based on your hunch. No offense.

[commando]

A prototype would be fine, IF there was any PROOF of it.
I don't think I would plunk down thousands of dollars based on your hunch. No offense.

No offense taken, my friend. I wasn't really considering the cost, to be honest with you. I guess I was concentrating solely on the likelihood of what this item might be. My feeling is that it is an early Jazz prototype. If it was described as a prototype in an auction, I'm not sure if ANYONE would plunk down thousands of dollars for it!

Hopefully more research and evidence will present itself in the future...

[otismalibu]

http://www.americanmemorabilia.com/A...ction_ID=23647

[Bravesfan]

commando,
Understood and thanks.
I am so interested in this item now that I can't wait to see what it really is.

[aeneas01]

http://www.network54.com/Forum/42624...hooting+Jacket

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[LWMM]

http://www.network54.com/Forum/42624...hooting+Jacket

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A bit more mumbo jumbo with the hand in the cookie jar, but it's nice to see Mears take some responsibility for the jacket. That post doesn't address what happened in the Mears auction, however, notably whether an unaffiliated party purchased it (and presumably had the sale canceled) or Mears threw in the high bid.

[Bravesfan]

Why would Mears offer the Ebay seller $2000? Why not offer maybe double what it sold for? The seller probably would have still sold it to them. Doesn't $2000 seem like overkill?

[xpress34]

If anyone has a way to contact the REAL eBay winner - who got screwed in their purchase - I would contact them and point them to Dave Grob's note that flatout says that YES, MEARS did in fact obtain the jacket AFTER the FACT of the eBay Auction closing and have that eBay seller banned.

But that's just me.

It would be nice to know if MEARS is in fact going to do any 'investigating' into how the jacket was obtained and if they will actually take any disciplinary action against whatever employee set up the deal and made the purchase thereby dragging MEARS name through the mud.

Just a thought....

- Smitty

[earlywynnfan]

Once again, I find Dave Grob a person I'd feel completely comfortable doing business with.

Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

[trsent]

Why would Mears offer the Ebay seller $2000? Why not offer maybe double what it sold for? The seller probably would have still sold it to them. Doesn't $2000 seem like overkill?

Was it $2000 or $4000?