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Rare Willie Mays Baseball Card Stolen From Rob Schneider's Encino Home: Report
NBC Bay Area ^ | 7/28 | Riya Bhattacharjee

Posted on 07/27/2015 7:47:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A rare Willie Mays baseball card worth an estimated $175,000 was stolen from actor Rob Schneider's Encino home Friday night, TMZ reported.

Thieves burglarized the house while the Saturday Night Live veteran and "Deuce Bigalow" star was away at the Comedy Film Festival in Montreal.

Schneider's wife and kids were out having dinner in Los Angeles. Thieves also took his wife's diamond engagement ring, a Cartier watch and other expensive items, according to TMZ.

The card, a 1951 Bowman Willie Mays rookie card, was reportedly in mint condition and is valued at $175,000. America's Youngest Convicted Killers Set to Be Released Schneider is a big baseball card collector and San Francisco Giants fan.

The thieves also took off with a 1953 and 1971 Mays Topps card, TMZ reported, but the thieves apparently did not take anything from Schneider's "main card collection."


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I hope he made copies of all the stolen items...
1 posted on 07/27/2015 7:47:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Me first: “Meathead!”


2 posted on 07/27/2015 7:48:59 PM PDT by Insigne123 (It is the soldier, not the community organizer, who gives us freedom of the press)
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To: nickcarraway

I strongly suspect the Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy were involved.

http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/In_the_Cards_(episode)


3 posted on 07/27/2015 7:50:00 PM PDT by Above My Pay Grade
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To: Insigne123

Wasn’t that Rob Reiner?


4 posted on 07/27/2015 8:08:12 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: nickcarraway

1951 Bowman Willie Mays Rookie Card

Probably in some kid's bicycle spokes by now.

5 posted on 07/27/2015 8:10:08 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: nickcarraway
If the wife files for divorce shortly, YOU KNOW WHO THE THIEF IS.. HER!!

Schneider's wife files for divorce in 3, 2, 1..

6 posted on 07/27/2015 8:11:38 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: nickcarraway

7 posted on 07/27/2015 8:11:53 PM PDT by struggle
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To: nickcarraway

Sounds like the thieves knew exactly what and where to look.


8 posted on 07/27/2015 8:41:43 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
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To: Above My Pay Grade
Dammit you beat me to it!!!!!


9 posted on 07/27/2015 8:48:17 PM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Michael.SF.
Sounds like the thieves knew exactly what and where to look.

Investigate the housekeepers.

10 posted on 07/27/2015 8:55:42 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Insigne123

At first I thought of Rob Reiner, too. Totally different guys. In every respect.


11 posted on 07/27/2015 8:58:16 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: nickcarraway

Obviously, the moronic Mr. Schneider doesn’t know what Insurance and Safety Deposit Boxes are for!!


12 posted on 07/27/2015 9:16:13 PM PDT by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Resident FReeper Kitty Poem /Haiku Guy)
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To: nickcarraway
I hope he made copies of all the stolen items...

I saw what you did there.

13 posted on 07/27/2015 9:16:41 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: nickcarraway

Wait baseball cards are still worth something?


14 posted on 07/27/2015 9:21:57 PM PDT by StoneWall Brigade (MARANATHA)
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To: nickcarraway

Anyone else believe that baseball card was probably the most expensive thing in his house?


15 posted on 07/27/2015 9:29:13 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Lizavetta
Good luck selling the stolen card!

Sports memorabilia are almost always marked with invisible ink. Only seen under UV light.

The instant this card comes up for auction, it will be siezed.

16 posted on 07/27/2015 10:50:28 PM PDT by boop (A joke? The hell kind of joke is that? 'Bout as funny as a gutful of pinworms!)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

Only cards that weren’t in heavy production are worth much. Bowman cards are valuble up until about 1992. Just sayin’.


17 posted on 07/28/2015 1:25:41 PM PDT by subterfuge (Minneseeota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
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