BGS went to sleep on this one.

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No, not bashing BGS. Just saying someone went to sleep. After what I found, it is safe to say that the 2001 Fleer Genuine Phil Rizzuto Names of the Game Bat #'d /50 were never packed out.

After giving BGS a serial number, I was told this:

"There were several of the Rizzuto cards in that order but not enough to make me believe that they weren’t packed out. There were also graded several years after release and I think if they were all gotten from the manufacturer then we would have seen them much sooner than that."

Here are the facts:

Originally 48 of the 50 were graded until this was discovered:

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2001 Fleer Genuine Phil Rizzuto Names of the Game autographed bat (no serial) that was graded and labeled as the regular game used bat card. So, that number went to 47 of 50.

Here is the graded breakdown:

(2) BGS 8.0
(16) BGS 8.5
(29) BGS 9.0

Ok, well, that's the 47 out of 50.

Ok, I personally own 3 of the cards that were never graded as shown below:

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phil_rizzuto_bat1.jpg


So, by my math, 47 + 3 = 50, correct? Since they are 50/50, tell me how can Burbank Sportscards, who sells through Beckett is selling an ungraded one which would make it 51/50.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140469069636&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I know unnumbered extras may have surfaced after the bankruptcy, but shouldn't that been caught if majority were professionally graded? And how could they mistaken a non-numbered autographed card with the base game used card? I bet within that 47 graded card, there are more unnumbered autographed cards in there mislabeled.
 
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