Reprints and more ebay weirdness

[steve B]

A couple weeks ago we discussed some "red backed old mill" cards which were reprints, and the seller, who had some bad descriptions.

A the time I mentioned that I'd bought one of their items, a big batch of cards with pics showing 12-16 T206 reprints including a Cobb which wasn't part of the lot.
I got the lot today and figured I'd let everyone know how it ended up. It did indeed have 2000+ Genuine tobacco cards, all from the UK. That's what I based my bid on, not the fake t206s. Nice batch of cards, including ones from a few sets I haven't seen before. But only one of the fake t206s! What was included instead was a few 1958 topps, a couple of them fairly nice condition, a small stack of David Cone cards, and as packing material what I think is a 1990 score set in a binder and a few handfuls of 1990 score.

I'd expected to not get the reprints, as I saw them listed as a lot of t206 pre production samples at $750. But to have them replaced with cards that aren't completely junk and probably $15 or more of supplies is pretty strange.

And to make it even weirder Later today I get an email from Ebay saying the item has been removed because the rights holder said it was fake.....
And it's totaly removed, not even showing in My Ebay anymore.

The reprint is odd too, right size, but way too glossy, and the piedmont back is red. The back printing is also thermographed (The process that makes the raised letters on business cards) A weird choice for printing a card set reprint or otherwise. Anyone know who made those?


Steve B