Originally Posted by Matthew H (Post 980724)

Lol eBay already cut the auction

Originally Posted by Bilko G (Post 980735)

Ebay didn't cut the auction. Had Ebay cut the auction you wouldn't be able to see the pics, description, opening bid, etc.

The sellers stopped the auction shortly after starting it. Id imagine they did this as a "test" to see how it looked and that they had all their info on there how they wanted it.

Originally Posted by Mdoe (Post 980782)

It is humurous, and a bit ironic, that the suggested items on the ebay auction page are all reprint Wagners vice real T206s...

One would think that if you are trying to sell an item for 600K, you would at least check spelling and grammer of your listing.

Originally Posted by iggyman (Post 983345)

Just when you thought it was safe to be a suburbanite prewar card collector. They're here!

http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2012...er-set-auction

There's a place for us.........Somewhere a place for us.......Peace and quiet........and open air..........Wait for us.........Somewhere.........

Lovely Day...

Originally Posted by barrysloate (Post 983365)

The owners say "We want everyone to have the facts."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but has anybody seen any facts up to this point?

Originally Posted by Runscott (Post 983422)

There are two facts:

1. It's a reprint
2. The sellers know it's a reprint

Originally Posted by Tsaiko (Post 983445)

The potentially sad thing about this, is that someone ignorant of the hobby might buy it, then a month later they'll stumble onto net54 and want to show off their new possession. :(

Originally Posted by runscott (Post 985186)

cut the guy some slack - i really think he meant to say 'hobbit', which of course makes perfect sense. I mean, hobbits can't really authenticate anything.

http://net54baseball.com/attachment....1&d=1334807320

Originally Posted by ullmandds (Post 985202)

i sent the seller a message this morning telling him/her what a joke this auction was as the card is a pathetic fake worth about $1 maximum...I wonder if this had any impact!?

Originally Posted by Runscott (Post 985270)

Hey, one of the cuckoos fell out of the nest...

How the f**k are you. First I have been on ebay since 2002, check my HBO and ESPN videos (www.honuswagnerauction.com) or yutube Cobb and Edwards. Secound Mr. know it all on T206's, what company reprinted my card. I need the company name. Don't call it a reprint and you don't know the company that reprinted the card. Also I have been collecting cards and other items for over 30 years. I know what I have and have done the research to prove what I have is the real deal. Do your research and tell me what company reprinted my card since you are calling it a reprint. Good look on finding that company. And if you are not interested in buying my card, then mind your business and move on.....

- rainbow95x87

Originally Posted by Rich Klein (Post 929868)

ACA Grading, based in St-Jerome, Quebec, met with the men recently and after examining the card, decided it was an "unreleased version" of the hobby's most famous trading card, issued in 1909 and then recalled after objections by Wagner.

Originally Posted by z28jd (Post 2202229)

This show was from early 2013, covered here https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=161975

Originally Posted by Mark17 (Post 2202471)

I loved how the card owner, quite uncomfortably, gave his lame excuse why a multi-million dollar card would be graded by someone other than the Big 3.

Originally Posted by ls7plus (Post 933347)

Much more closer to the truth is that you would be completely lost without one, as the counterfeit details of many of those cards are not at all clear to the naked eye. With regard to the trimmed cards, many of the most famous dealers prior to TPG in the early '90's carred a loupe with them to shows where they bought raw material in order to check the edges in just the manner I specified, because the cards would indeed measure correctly, and the trimming could not be detected with the human eye. Instead, magnification was required to properly examine the edges and to compare their much sharper appearance against those known to have been factory cuts.

It would clearly seem that you have voluntarily chosen to fall within the category of those befallen by prejudice and/or arrogance, prefering to decide the issue presented on the basis of who these people who own the card are and how different they are from you, when what is really important are the actual facts pertaining to the card itself. You can attempt to rebutt me all you like, but you can't kid yourself about what you really see deep inside you, and you won't change the actual facts about your behavior until you yourself change! Your hostility is only indicative of the truth of the above, which, when you've been brought face to face with it, brings about resentment on your part, and the nastiness comes through. I feel sorrow for your pent-up hatred, which causes you to behave in a manner which you most likely would not prefer, and tends quite strongly to make a complete fool out of you.

Best wishes on a successful metamorphis, becoming a person more willing to objectively consider various sources of actually relevant information, rather than jump to a conclusion based on all the wrong reasons. Remember, my initial post in this thread merely indicated I would like to have more objective information conderning the card itself, rather than people's reactions to the identity of the would-be seller. I did not take any position with regard to the card's validity at all, and most assuredly did not start the nasty comments, but as you have readily seen, am more than capable of defending my position against them.

Larry

Originally Posted by philliesfan (Post 2202317)

I must have been in a coma as I have never seen this story before.

When I saw the scan of the card on the first page, I started laughing.

Bob

Originally Posted by jingram058 (Post 2202516)

+1 on everything he said

I will just add...5 page thread about probably the fakiest fake card of all time!