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Posted By: david poses
doesn't this look like a reprint? |
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Posted By: leon
It's a poor fake. You can report them to ebay and it might get taken off....The seller has good feedback so may be unaware....regardless, it's not even a good fake....regards |
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Posted By: John S
I think these types of scam auctions are far less dangerous than ones in which the fakes are started at a reasonable price. The ignorant and gamblers are more apt to take a chance when the bidding is lower. It is difficult for ebay to regulate this type of activity, buyers must take every precaution when purchasing. |
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Posted By: david poses
i just sent the seller an email. i am new to t206 collecting and am not happy about this. if he doesn't respond to me and i see it posted tomorrow, i am tempted to report it to ebay. is there anyplace i can buy ungraded t206 cards without worrying about being robbed? mike wheat seems to have the best selection with the best prices in the best condition. anyplace else like him? i read in a few forums that he can be trusted. is there any other place online? |
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Posted By: John S
Check the B/S/T thread. I just sold a handful of T206's/T205's last night. Write the sellers and ask for references. |
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Posted By: Anonymous
john, are you the seller? it's not that i don't trust your references- you obviously have stellar feedback- its this one card i have a problem with- if a million people all love your other cards, i believe you- that doesn't make this cobb real. |
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Posted By: Seth B.
Hey David, |
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Posted By: david poses
thanks for the clarification and tip. just figured out what b/s/t was. |
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Posted By: leon
I know you are new here so you might want to read the forum rules and check out our site for a few days to see what's going on. The BST pages stand for Buy/Sell/Trade....and there's a link at the top of the front page to get to them. It's still caveat emptor but about 99.999% of the folks are good people to deal with. You won't get stuck with a fake from the BST pages and if you did I am sure whomever made the mistake would make it right.........good luck and welcome aboard.....regards |
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Posted By: John S
David, |
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Posted By: David Smith
In the listing, the seller says the Cobb "is the only one out there" and that the buyer should get it graded to make it worth more. If this is the case, then why doesn't the seller get it graded so HE can make more money?? |
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Posted By: david
john- my apologies. i barely had any coffee in me when i read your post- being new here and undercaffeinated, i thought you were the seller and that you sold some t206 cards on ebay, and that i should check the b/s/t on ebay (keep in mind that i didn't know what b/s/t stood for when i read your post, and am also new to ebay) about you for references. total mix-up. |
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Posted By: John S
Not a problem David, just wanted to make sure that you understood how I feel about fakes. This is the place to be to share and learn about vintage cards. |
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Posted By: T206Collector
...that I've shared a few times. |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
David P, most reprint T206s on eBay look like reprints in the scan. With |
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Posted By: Joe Drouillard
I've only been reading these posts for about a month, but I've increased my knowledge of the hobby 100 fold. The last posting by T-206 collector really struck me, because it runs contrary to some advise that I just got last week. I was in Cooperstown for the induction ceremony and went to a card show on the main strip. I met a seller who had over 200 T-206's for sale. His advise to the beginner was to find someone who has been in business for a long time and who has a good reputation and buy raw cards from them. Then have them graded. He said an honest seller will always stand behind their cards, so if a card is trimmed or fake they would always provide a full refund. |
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Posted By: david
very curious as to how everyone got started. ideally, i want to assemble a binder with pages- of the t206 set (minus honus). i am a purist, but i am also pragmatic and don't want to waste my money. is it ridiculous to buy graded cards so i know they're authentic and untrimmed, only to break them out of the slab and put in my binder? i know this likely kills the investment aspect, but i am much more interested in collecting in its purest form than psa numbers. |
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Posted By: Zach Rice
You're not alone about the slab cracking, many do it, including myself. I like being able to flip through a binder and view my cards versus sorting threw a giant stack of slabs. Plus, it allows you to be able to feel your cards and get an idea of how certain issues vary in thickness, amount of gloss on the surface, etc. You also can't smell your cards when they're in a slab You'd be suprised at cards scents vary. I have an E97 that smells of mold, and a cracker jack that smells like a flowery perfume. |
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Posted By: joe brennan
David, I know of another collector that has recently cracked out his T206's. He may have started a trend. . I started collecting the set a year ago, but only after finding this site. I spent hours pouring over all the posts about T206's, visiting the many links provided here and then and only then started purchasing cards. I bought some mid grade raw lots to see how they felt and looked up close and personal. I then started buying mid grade, graded HOFer's. I was and still am more comfortable buying a slab HOFer. There are deals out there raw, but for the little extra money, knowing the card is not trimmed or altered is worth the piece of mind. Most sellers know they will get more for a graded card so they grade them themselves. 120 of my 127 are graded and I will continue in this direction. That's the way I started. Joe |
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Posted By: T206Collector
"He then went on to advise that a beginner should always buy the most expensive card that his budget could afford to take advantage of future increases in the value of the cards. He seemed quite certain that the market on T-206's will never go down." |
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Posted By: david
joe, i took the same approach- devoured everything i could read and then bought. i feel good about the decision to unslab. zach, are all of your t206s out of slabs right after you purchase them? my strategy is a bit different than most others i've read, and i hope i don't end up screwing myself by sharing- i don't care about the hof'ers. i am operating under the assumption that in 1910 people were more likely to save a ty cobb anything than, say, some minor leaguer nobody ever heard of. because i want a set and don't really care about condition, i am focusing first and foremost on the scarcest cards. there is always a graded cobb on ebay and even if the price goes up, up, up, i would rather have a mullaney now and spend 2k in 10 years on a cobb than 1k on cobb now and be begging everyone for a mullaney in 10 years and find myself offering ludicrous amounts of money for some minor leaguer nobody ever heard of. sort of like how everyone and their mother has an 85 topps clemens, but how many people will have an authentic vern rhule in 100 years? |
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Posted By: T206Collector
...my approach. I will tell you that I wish I had bought that Cobb Red back or Young with Glove or Young Bare Hand waaaayyyyy before I started spending hundreds on commons. I figured the Cobb Red back is so easily obtainable, I'll just wait it out. Well, it was one of the last cards I needed (along with those two Youngs), and I paid hundreds for beaters of all three -- the same money I perhaps could've bought a VG 3 with when I got started less than 10 years ago. Still, given the prices of commons these days, I suppose the price on those has gone up quite a bit as well and so perhaps its a wash. |
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Posted By: david
did the prices of these cards ever suffer like the cards from 60's, 70s, 80s and 90s? |
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Posted By: David Smith
Maybe the seller reads this board.... |
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Posted By: Joe Drouillard
Thanks David, Joe B. and T206 Collector and anyone else responding to these postings. I appreciciate your advice. I sent scans of my six short T206s through email for his opinion. I know I speak for all the novices to this board when I say that you guys are a great help. |
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Posted By: T206Collector
...things were a bit sluggish or stagnant in the 1990's. When I got back into baseball cards a couple of years after college in 1997, I recall T206 prices being about the same as they were in 1987 when I was knee-deep in Topps and Donruss cards, but had a friend who collected vintage stuff. With the advent of the internet, these things just took over. |
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Posted By: davidcycleback
I doubt prices will rise forever, but if a collector is |
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