Baseball Memorabilia and Confronting the Curveball of Mail Fraud

Multiple fake Mickey Mantle baseball cards
Courtesy United States Postal Inspection Service

When: Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 7 – 8 p.m. ET
Venue: Online
Event Location: Zoom
Cost: Free, but registration is required.

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Join US Postal Inspectors for a discussion of their investigations into scams targeting collectors of baseball cards, autographs, jerseys, and other sports memorabilia. The market for sports memorabilia is a growing multi-billion-dollar industry in the United States. Unfortunately, fraudsters look for ways to forge the signatures of your sports heroes and sell counterfeit collectibles of your favorite teams. During the evening program Postal Inspectors will share how you can confidently navigate the market with consumer protection tips drawn from their work on true crime cases. Find out more about these historic cases in Baseball: America’s Home Run (on exhibit at the National Postal Museum, Washington, DC, through January 5, 2025) and in Behind the Badge (on exhibit indefinitely at the museum).

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Baseball: America’s Home Run