Signed T206 Warning - Big Jeff Pfeffer

[T206Collector]

Careful folks. Someone just bought this "autographed" T206 of "Big Jeff" Francis Xavier Pfeffer for $1,000. Only the signature is of E.J. Pfeffer -- who never played for the Cubs, and whose real name is not Francis. Francis died in 1954, and I have (still) never seen one of his cards autographed. E.J. died in 1972. Who knows how many times he signed one of Francis' cards!

The guy who signed the card:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...feffje01.shtml

The subject of the card:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...feffbi01.shtml


PSA/DNA really screwed this one up, and someone just spent $1,000 on this mistake. This is a fairly common mistake -- e.g., Larry Doyle signed Joe Doyle's T206 card; William Powell signed Jack Powell's T206 card. Unless you like having someone else's signature on a T206 card, these are more or less worthless. Maybe novelty items.

The auction was here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/T206-Francis...p2047675.l2557