that seems to indicate they mis-autheitcated both the Rod Carew glove AND the Billy Martin glove in the Vintage Authentics auction.. The following response from from MEARS was interesting because it seems like back tracking, CYA type of reponse. They authenticated them, but they didn't authenticate them...It is intersteing to note that Vintage did not have the MEARS cert up on the Martin glove before this and now it's there...
Response to Mr. Michael O'Keefe, NY Daily News
February 20 2006 at 7:56 PM Dave Grob Dave Grob (Login davegrob1)We have been asked by Mr. Michael O'Keefe of the NY Daily News to comment on two gloves currently listed in the Vintage Authentics Auction.
Here is the e-mail we received that was addressed to Dave Bushing:
-----Original Message-----
From: O'Keeffe, Michael <MOKeeffe@edit.nydailynews.com>
To: dbushing1@aol.com
Sent: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:12:07 -0500
Dave,
I did not hear back from you regarding the Rod Carew glove. I also understand MEARS wrote a COA on the Billy Martin glove that is in the Vintage Authentics auction. I am told by Wilson that the descriptions for both gloves are inaccurate. We will be writing a story on this and would like to ask you some questions about these gloves, and we?d like to hear your side to this story. Please call me at ***-***-**** or reply by e-mail.
Sincerely
Michael O?Keeffe
New York Daily News
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This was my response back to Mr. O'Keeffee at 8:58 PM EST tonight.
Mr. O'Keeffe,
Dave Bushing forwarded me your e-mail in reference to gloves that MEARS was asked to offer opinions on for the current Vintage Authentics Auction. I would ask that you base any statements with respect to accuracy's or inaccuracies off of the actual letters and opinions provided by MEARS and not on the auction descriptions, which we do not control. These opinions are available for both gloves for your viewing as well as those who might care to bid on them.
I think you will find that the information provided by MEARS is factual in that both items are described for what they are and we have noted that some form of provenance accompanies the items. We have not substantiated any attribution of the items with respect to the provenance. With respect to the Carew glove, Mr. Bushing posted a statement to our board specifically addressing some of the same issues you may concerned with. I would offer that it might be worth your time to read this prior to writing your article. The web site is www.mearsonline.com. You will find the post under the Bulletin Board feature to the left of the page. If you then click on General Topics, you will find Mr. Bushing's post on this subject dated 15 February, 2006.
I think that after you have read the information we have provided with respect to these two lots, in would be inaccurate and materially false to say or suggest that MEARS has authenticated these items to be in fact either Rod Carew's last glove or Billy Martin's 1953 World Series Glove as that information is not contained in the opinions we have offered.
Respectfully Yours,
Dave Grob
Policy Director
MEARS
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Response to Mr. Michael O'Keefe, NY Daily News
February 20 2006 at 7:56 PM Dave Grob Dave Grob (Login davegrob1)We have been asked by Mr. Michael O'Keefe of the NY Daily News to comment on two gloves currently listed in the Vintage Authentics Auction.
Here is the e-mail we received that was addressed to Dave Bushing:
-----Original Message-----
From: O'Keeffe, Michael <MOKeeffe@edit.nydailynews.com>
To: dbushing1@aol.com
Sent: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:12:07 -0500
Dave,
I did not hear back from you regarding the Rod Carew glove. I also understand MEARS wrote a COA on the Billy Martin glove that is in the Vintage Authentics auction. I am told by Wilson that the descriptions for both gloves are inaccurate. We will be writing a story on this and would like to ask you some questions about these gloves, and we?d like to hear your side to this story. Please call me at ***-***-**** or reply by e-mail.
Sincerely
Michael O?Keeffe
New York Daily News
----------------------------
This was my response back to Mr. O'Keeffee at 8:58 PM EST tonight.
Mr. O'Keeffe,
Dave Bushing forwarded me your e-mail in reference to gloves that MEARS was asked to offer opinions on for the current Vintage Authentics Auction. I would ask that you base any statements with respect to accuracy's or inaccuracies off of the actual letters and opinions provided by MEARS and not on the auction descriptions, which we do not control. These opinions are available for both gloves for your viewing as well as those who might care to bid on them.
I think you will find that the information provided by MEARS is factual in that both items are described for what they are and we have noted that some form of provenance accompanies the items. We have not substantiated any attribution of the items with respect to the provenance. With respect to the Carew glove, Mr. Bushing posted a statement to our board specifically addressing some of the same issues you may concerned with. I would offer that it might be worth your time to read this prior to writing your article. The web site is www.mearsonline.com. You will find the post under the Bulletin Board feature to the left of the page. If you then click on General Topics, you will find Mr. Bushing's post on this subject dated 15 February, 2006.
I think that after you have read the information we have provided with respect to these two lots, in would be inaccurate and materially false to say or suggest that MEARS has authenticated these items to be in fact either Rod Carew's last glove or Billy Martin's 1953 World Series Glove as that information is not contained in the opinions we have offered.
Respectfully Yours,
Dave Grob
Policy Director
MEARS
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