SON SUES MOM, 82, OVER RARE BOYHOOD BASEBALL CARDS!
Says she won’t give them back
FURIOUS Christopher Trencher has thrown his 82-year-old mother a shocking curve — he’s suing her over two boyhood baseball cards worth an estimated $25,000!
Topps collectible cards featuring Ralph Kiner, the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame slugger who later became a broadcaster, and Satchel Paige, the first Black player to pitch in a World Series, are at the center of the suit.
In his Manhattan Supreme Court filing, Trencher, a 55-year-old backgammon player, charges his lawyer mom, Carol Ivanick, bought him the cards when he was a kid in the 1980s, but has refused to turn them over despite numerous requests.
Meanwhile Ivanick — who exclaimed, “Are you serious?” when she first learned of the legal action — insists Trencher gave them to her in the mid-1990s.
She says she’s kept the 1955 Kiner card and the Paige collectible undamaged in acrylic holders in a safe and takes a peek at them every few weeks.
“I was a big fan of Satchel Paige,” she says. “I’m in my 80s and still enjoying them. I was very pleased he was including me in his hobby, and Satchel Paige was an iconic figure for me.”
She says her son kept his card collection at her home, but later “came and got them all” except for the two, which she insists were gifts.
The screwball suit is rooted in a bitter family feud, she says.
“They banished me from the family a while back,” says Ivanick, who won’t reveal what caused the split. “They won’t let me see my grandchildren, won’t let me see anybody there.
“I guess he’s decided this is the way to get the money for himself.”
However, she says she’s put the cards in her will and is leaving them to his children.
She called the lawsuit “very sad,” adding: “I want to enjoy them with whatever years I have left.
“I’m 82 years old, they are definitely mine, he gave them to me.”