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."
Me first: Meathead!
I strongly suspect the Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy were involved.
http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/In_the_Cards_(episode)
Wasn’t that Rob Reiner?
1951 Bowman Willie Mays Rookie Card
Probably in some kid's bicycle spokes by now.
Schneider's wife files for divorce in 3, 2, 1..
Sounds like the thieves knew exactly what and where to look.
Investigate the housekeepers.
At first I thought of Rob Reiner, too. Totally different guys. In every respect.
Obviously, the moronic Mr. Schneider doesn’t know what Insurance and Safety Deposit Boxes are for!!
I saw what you did there.
Wait baseball cards are still worth something?
Anyone else believe that baseball card was probably the most expensive thing in his house?
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.
Only cards that weren’t in heavy production are worth much. Bowman cards are valuble up until about 1992. Just sayin’.
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