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03-07-2008, 10:20 AM
Posted By: <b>Dave F</b><p>Ted and Brian,<br /><br />You guys obviously missed one in your search for front/back combos. I guess everyday though a new idiot is born.<br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Extremely-Rare-Honus-Wagner-T206_W0QQitemZ320225661755" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/Extremely-Rare-Honus-Wagner-T206_W0QQitemZ320225661755</a>
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03-07-2008, 10:26 AM
Posted By: <b>Eric</b><p>i wonder how much time people spend trying to make these reprints look old and beat up?
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03-07-2008, 10:31 AM
Posted By: <b>Mark T</b><p>Its in a screw down holder and has Wagner's name printed by a label maker so its got to be real...<br /><br />He writes..."My Wagner has extreme ware and definitely shows it's age. It sports a Hindu back and is a must own for any antique or baseball card collector. This card, however, is not graded by any grading service. I have talked to many dealers concerning this card and they say that in the market the ratio of Wagner reprints to originals is something like 100:1. They were even joking with me saying I might get jacked even carrying this card around." <br /><br />Yes, jacked up against a wall for listing this thing!!!<br /><br />Seriously,I think Ebay should have all auction titles that start with T206 Honus Wagner checked out before they allow it to be listed.
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03-07-2008, 10:42 AM
Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>I remember about 10 years ago, on Ebay, some guy had a scrap of orange cardboard, about a half-inch square, in screw-down holder and said it was “a fragment” of a T206 Wagner” -- he actually got quite a few bids, and I think someone bought it for a few hundred dollars. Does anyone remember this auction? Or does someone own this fragment? It was authenticated by some unknown firm. <br /><br />This auction involved in this thread brings back memories of that auction.<br /><br />matt m
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03-07-2008, 11:47 AM
Posted By: <b>peter ullman</b><p>if that's a cut and paste job...and the back is real...i'd pay 9.99!
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03-07-2008, 12:02 PM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>The back does look real. I don't know about that front, though.<br /><br />He wasted an awful lot of time on that very long description. He could have just said "this is a fake" and that would have worked, instead of his ten page essay.
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03-07-2008, 12:30 PM
Posted By: <b>Bruce Babcock</b><p>He's "getting out of the hobby?" What hobby was he in? Why is it the guys selling the "Mona Lisas" always own the crappiest scanners and cameras?
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03-07-2008, 12:34 PM
Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>Looks like our good friend Stew has stepped up and bid on this one.
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03-07-2008, 12:57 PM
Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>how has stew not been banned yet? He certainly doesn't pay for what he wins.
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03-07-2008, 01:01 PM
Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>Just a guess, but I'm thinking that guys selling fake cards are reluctant to file non-paying bidder claims.
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03-07-2008, 01:32 PM
Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>That Wagner fragment was graded by NASA if I remember right. It was a reprint that was burned all the way around the edges (about 50% of the card was burned off.<br /><br />That was a fun time on eBay <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />edited to add pic: mmyr111 Im not sure if this is the one your talking about, but this burnt reprint card was also on ebay about 8-9 years ago, at one time it was in a graded holder by one of those pseudograders<br /><br /><img src="http://home.att.net/~david.skoglund/tipton/honus1.jpg">
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03-09-2008, 02:13 PM
Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>It brings back such beautiful memories. Thanks for the scan. Wow. Now people just paste reprints on the backs of other reprints and cards.<br /><br />thanks matt m<br /><br />mmyr111
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03-10-2008, 12:19 AM
Posted By: <b>BcD</b><p>aging in a coffee can or mutilating can't hide incorrect font ands border size!<br /><br /><br><br>BcD <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>
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03-10-2008, 02:52 PM
Posted By: <b>Louis Bollman</b><p>Since the seller lives about 30 minutes from me I decided to try to set up a meeting with him via Ebay messages.<br /><br />First he said he would meet me at a pre-determined place (not his home) and I agreed for a Saturday meeting. He then informed me that he couldn't do it over the weekend..."something came up".<br /><br />So then I suggested anytime Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. He then informed me that he works 3 hours away from home. A six hour hour commute (to and from work) seems a bit excessive to me. Anyway, he just won't be able to meet me.<br /><br />I guess he would rather work a job that includes a six hour commute each day rather than sell me one card for a hefty six figures. You really have to admire the guy's work ethic.<br /><br />Louis
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03-10-2008, 04:21 PM
Posted By: <b>boxingcardman</b><p>with my wife, Morgan Fairchild. Whom I've seen naked. Yeah, that's the ticket! Wait, I have to go, I left a burning child on the sidewalk...<br><br>Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc