Apple Valley, CA Has A Bad Reputation For Sports Memorabilia

Many of you have probably heard of the story of the thieves who stole a bunch of sports memorabilia. This article from the LA Times rips them for stealing an Eric Davis signed bat. It goes on to say that Dickerson's signature isn't worth much among other things.

The weird thing is the Apple Valley connection. That is where Anthony Marino (no relation to the Marino family out of San Diego) lived, one of the big dealers that was busted by the FBI in Operation Bullpen. Marino was caught on tape laughing about how fast his forger could sign his items. He sold millions in fake memorabilia before he was charged.

Then these guys keep a storage unit full of stolen sports memorabilia in Apple Valley.

Not saying there is any connection, just kind of weird.

Apple Valley seems like a nice town -- why do all of these sports memorabilia thugs live there?

Sports Memorabilia News

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Fake Montana KC Helmet

Possibly one of the worst Montana autographs we have seen, being offered by ntjj62385 on eBay. You don't need an authenticator to look at this one to know Joe didn't sign it.

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Fake Jerry Rice Football

This is probably one of the worst Jerry Rice signatures we have seen.

To think that people sit in their garage and sign footballs like this is insane.

The ball is being offered on eBay by sportsmemorabilia30.

Thanks to one of our loyal readers for this tip. Here is a real Jerry Rice football:

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Jerry Rice Retires!

The greatest receiver ever, the #2 football player of the century (as ranked by ESPN), Jerry Rice has retired! We just did a signing with Jerry yesterday and have a lot of great items to commemorate his retirement.

See our complete list of Jerry Rice Memorabilia.

There are a few signed 8X10s that will be on our site this week too.