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Old 05-29-2007, 12:16 PM
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Default Picked up autograph T206...but wrong guy

Posted By: davidcycleback

$150 seems a fair price for the card. About all signed T206s with nice signatures are worth $100 and up. There aren't many around.

A lot of vintage autographs were obtained through the mail. My guess for this card is the collector mailed this card to Elmer, not realizing it was a different Smith, and Elmer signed it. Either Elmer didn't notice this artist's rendition was not him, or didn't care. Sometimes collectors sent multiple items for signing (ala 5 index cards and a trading card), so the signer might be whipping through those puppies. Also realize, that many old timer autographs were obtained when they were in their 80s and 90s.

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