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Ty Cobb baseball card
Object Details
- Description
- Ty Cobb baseball card with forged autograph. Sold as authentic; evidence from a sports memorabilita mail fraud case by US Postal Inspection Service. Carl Meyer was convicted of mail fraud in 2012.
- Display limit: 10 month rotation at 5 fc.
- Display aspect: front with signature
- Credit line
- 2013.2011.425, Transfer from the United States Postal Inspection Service
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- Before 2012
- Object number
- 2013.2011.425
- Type
- Crime Evidence
- Medium
- Paper; ink
- Dimensions
- Height x Width x Depth: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1/16 in. (8.89 x 6.35 x 0.16 cm)
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- Record ID
- npm_2013.2011.425
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply