Posted By:
Luc MitchellI've emailed Greg Kohn (Upper Deck guy who was on the Beckett Message Boards) a couple time since he left said boards, for the most part talking about upcoming products. While they've been benign, I just heard this---UD is in the process of getting a PSA 2 T206 Wagner for an upcoming product to cut up as "memorabilia". So few are known, and one is headed to the chopping block...
The design is fairly similar to the Topps T206 release, so this is probably trying (like Goudey) to cut into Topps' Heritage/A&G/Turkey red niche. From what I understand, however, a product won't be designed around it but it incorporated into another, such as Legendary Cuts.
Concept card:
The only good news is that the deal for a card is not finalized yet (I have no idea where they are at---the above is a design, not a scan). Even that, however, isn't great---there's at least one (http://psacard.com/set%5Fregistry/display_cards.chtml?rsetid=72349&alltime=yes&requesttimeout=9999&rank=none&tied=0) potentially for sale.
This sucks big time.