1948 Leaf Satchel Paige - blank back - on eBay....

[luciobar1980]

Hey guys, what’s the deal with this?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/312096282035?ul_noapp=true

[Paul S]

The deal is, if you don't know by now, don't mess with it.

[pclpads]

What's a little $30k among friends?

[brianp-beme]

The seller has 3 other blank back Leaf cards. Has our resident Leaf expert (I believe that would be Ted) seen blank back versions before?

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Just magoogled it and saw that there are other blank backs floating out there. Definitely Paige would be the one to own (whether or not $30,000 is pie in the sky pricing, well, it beats me).

Brian

[bobbyw8469]

I think he accidentally put 6 extra zero's behind what it is truly worth.

[Exhibitman]

Leaf is notorious for its blank backs, but I wouldn't spend that kind of money on one without a slab. There are too many really nice looking counterfeits (or 'reproductions' as the first sellers call them) on eBay in the Leaf world. Run a search for any marquee Leaf card and the repros come floating up.

As for grading, SGC has been inconsistent in its treatment of blank backs, even in the same order:




This was in Sports Collectors Daily:



I also question the price of the card assuming it is genuine. I have been collecting print freaks for many years. The only issue I've ever seen that really benefits financially from a major printing blow is T206, and I am not sure that a blank backed Plank would command a premium over a comparable complete one. There are a number of specialty collectors who'd pay extra for print freaks of players they happen to collect but that is a pretty small group, especially when you are talking elite pricing to begin with. I might drop a few bucks on a blank back specimen as an ancillary item for my main collection (as I did with the Aaron) but not the sort of money the seller wants. His other blank backs were overpriced by a factor of 10 IMO.

As for which cards might be found blank backed, it is entirely a happenstance event due to a missed printing pass on a full sheet. Whatever is on the sheet will end up blanked. We know Leaf used 49-card sheets, so there should be 49 blank backed cards out there from the sheet that yielded the Paige and probably the others the seller has.

Anyhooo, that's my $0.02 worth from the freaks and geeks collecting world...which is about the right valuation...

[tedzan]

Hey guys,
I'm away .... but, I just checked out this thread. I have (or have had) blank-back
1948 Boxing and FB LEAF cards with blank-backs. Also, 1949 BB and FB LEAF cards with blank-backs. So, these cards exist.

I compared this scan of the Paige card with my 1949 LEAF Paige, and this card on eBay looks like the 'real thing'. However, normally Paige's registration is rarely as perfect as this scan shows it. Therefore, I would actually have to see this card close up to provide an accurate judgement.

Ted Z

[Vegas-guy]

Now 100k. Probably thinking it was low with everyone looking at it..

[ezez420]

Both have a Blank Back Paige that just surfaces. Call truckee for yourself and listen to his bullsht story


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[Meenman]

"Both have a Blank Back Paige that just surfaces. Call truckee for yourself and listen to his bullsht story"
There you go with the DUMB SHIT again. I don't know who this guy is and don't give a damn. TAKE YOUR MEDS.

[ezez420]

Oh yeah? You just both have blank back Leaf Paige cards that surface at same time in a box.

Why don’t you call him Meenman and maybe you can share stories. Last I checked guy was still alive.

Good luck!


QUOTE=Meenman;1772462]"Both have a Blank Back Paige that just surfaces. Call truckee for yourself and listen to his bullsht story"

There you go with the DUMB SHIT again. I don't know who this guy is and don't give a damn. TAKE YOUR MEDS.[/QUOTE]






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[Meenman]

So let me guess. You think Bigfoot, the Lochnest monster and the Grays are real. Oh and you think the earth is flat too🤣. Like my Grandfather always said. " I can make a person exactly like you. But it would take the good Lord to breath the breath of life into you". And he didn't use the word person. I'm being nice.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Meenman

So let me guess. You think Bigfoot, the Lochnest monster and the Grays are real. Oh and you think the earth is flat too🤣. Like my Grandfather always said. " I can make a person exactly like you. But it would take the good Lord to breath the breath of life into you". And he didn't use the word person. I'm being nice.

What are the Grays? Alien life forms, or some other hoax that I haven't heard of until now?

[Stampsfan]

Originally Posted by Sean

What are the Grays? Alien life forms, or some other hoax that I haven't heard of until now?

I was also wondering what the "Lochnest monster" is.

[FourStrikes]

Originally Posted by Meenman

So let me guess. You think Bigfoot, the Lochnest monster and the Grays are real. Oh and you think the earth is flat too🤣. Like my Grandfather always said. " I can make a person exactly like you. But it would take the good Lord to breath the breath of life into you". And he didn't use the word person. I'm being nice.

Bigfoot IS "real"! (at least when viewed in the context that a real/live human wearing really BIGFOOTed fake-footprint shoes likely left the prints), and the fact that the flat-earth believers will certainly attest that the earth only has "flat" parts depending on ones immediate geographical ("as seen from HERE" perspective for those that never traveled outside the plains) is as well, that the "GRAYS" may simply be a silver-haired species I/we are familiar with, assuming the conspiratorial Area 54 exists, (not-to-be-confused with the Net54 species), I'm definitely positive the "LOCHNEST" monster DOES NOT EXIST and is 100% fake, as this never-before-spoken-of legendary creature/monster isn't even out there in mainstream folklore...

have a nice day!

[Sean]

Hey Fourstrikes / Threadkiller, why do you get to have two nicknames? Or is Threadkiller your last name,and not a description? Just wondering...

[LACardsGuy]

Was googling truckeemeadows and landed here. I have no idea who meenman is, but do know the person who is truckeemeadows on ebay for several years, have done a lot of business with him, and can say with certainty that these are not same people. Truckee is an older guy in Reno, more or less never auctions anything (his MO is to list buy it nows at very high prices or best offer), and can vouche that he is a straight up honest guy. Both his father and older brother, both deceased, had extensive collections, and he has been slowly selling them off as individual cards or lots. He also has a lot of memorabilia. I know there was some Sherlock Holmes stuff going on here, but you really should leave him out of it.

[ezez420]

You sound just like Daniel aka Battlefield. By any chance are you related to Forrest Gump. Can you share some more Grandpa quotes. I think they are funny. Kind of breaks up day listening to an idiot.


QUOTE=Meenman;1772476]So let me guess. You think Bigfoot, the Lochnest monster and the Grays are real. Oh and you think the earth is flat too🤣. Like my Grandfather always said. " I can make a person exactly like you. But it would take the good Lord to breath the breath of life into you". And he didn't use the word person. I'm being nice.[/QUOTE]






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[Meenman]

Originally Posted by ezez420

You sound just like Daniel aka Battlefield. By any chance are you related to Forrest Gump. Can you share some more Grandpa quotes. I think they are funny. Kind of breaks up day listening to an idiot.


QUOTE=Meenman;1772476]So let me guess. You think Bigfoot, the Lochnest monster and the Grays are real. Oh and you think the earth is flat too🤣. Like my Grandfather always said. " I can make a person exactly like you. But it would take the good Lord to breath the breath of life into you". And he didn't use the word person. I'm being nice.

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[Meenman]

Like my Gramps always said
Stupid is as stupid does😂

[babygirlscott11]

Truckeemeadows is a crook .. ! And for you meanman , you are linda mclean , AkA his wife and you truckeemeadows .robert rodiguez .. Reno nevada .. Dont trust this person .. Hes a scandelious human .piece of crap .cold as ice !!

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[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Yeah, without a name or an explanation this post and new member is doomed.

[DJCollector1]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Yeah, without a name or an explanation this post and new member is doomed.

And check out the join date, Jan. 2018


Waited a year and a half to post. Odd.

[Leon]

Everyone in this thread needs their name by their post or it will be put there for you this evening. Thanks

[here2havefun]

I'm in the market for a Leaf Paige, I was very intrigued by the blank back on ebay, and stumbled upon this thread.....wow lot of stuff going on here.

Is there a consensus on whether the blank backs were typically found in packs? Or are they most likely to have been cut from a sheet?