What's your favorite graded "Authentic/Altered" card you have?
 

I'm looking at some cards where some horrendous cards that are beat to death are much less appealing to look at than their altered counterparts. I figured it'd be fun to show your favorite altered cards here. What do you have that you love?

Always love posting this beauty from Lionel Carter's old collection.


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Given how rare these are, I was happy to get this blue crofts Cobb in any condition

A couple of scarcities. The E222 would be an "A" if it were graded.

Love it!

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My Favorite

My contribution
 

Shown before - scans don't do this one justice. It has an inner light.

Its a toss up for me...these!!

wowsers:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

In my collection
 

In my collection, this one is graced with an Authentic moniker

https://www.gfg.com/baseball/t215pirate.jpg

Spectacular!!

Awesome t215 Pirate! Love these ultra rare beauties. Let’s show another. Meanwhile, with all the debate on whether T213-1s are T206s, why is a T215 Pirate considered a T215, when type 1 and 2 are clearly NOLA-issued cards and the Pirate is not? I guess a topic for another thread (that 4-6 of us will care about!).

Babe Ruth W515-2 "Little Wonder Picture Series" No.3
 

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Does this count?

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...42e7df48ae.jpg

Here's mine...

Great cards guys, Garth remember seeing that Young a while back, awesome item sir. As for me, enclosed link is my Fav. "A" card. Keep them coming.....
https://www.flickr.com/photos/154296...5/36477971880/

H Murphy -- that blue sporting news panel with Wags and Cobb is 1000% beast.

Here's one of mine. Not even worth removing from the GAI holder... I'm scared it might fall apart.

https://www.louisianacards.com/uploa...jpg?1427818966

T3 Proof with Red Kleinow ghost image on the back
 

These are all in SGC "A" holders now. Except maybe the Ellam, which I don't own anymore.
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=1876


This one would be, except I didn't want an A holder. No alterations, just very rough factory cuts.

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=5054

tough call for me, but today i'm feeling these two.

https://live.staticflickr.com/4446/3...6beb4212_c.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/4581/2...9c181fd1_c.jpg

Completed my set!
 

In all his trimmed glory!

https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?s...oduct.chain%5D

You guys will love Ted Z's contribution, I know I do. Hopefully he sees this thread.

Here are two of mine.

I'm really thankful to have this one.

Just a l'il blank back Ruth

Authentic Favorite(s) T206
 

Sorry, I cannot decide which one. Therefore, all four are my favorite for the following reasons......


This red Cobb was the last card in completing my all - SOVEREIGN T206 set.

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...CobbSGCx50.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...obbSGCx50b.jpg





Mr. Plank was the last card I needed to complete my all - SWEET CAPORAL Factory #30 set. It's now "complete" with 468 cards (no Wagner).

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...nkSC150x30.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...SC150x30xb.jpg





And, these two dudes completed my hybrid (assorted backs) T206 set of 522 cards.

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...StLouisSGC.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...tLouisSGCA.jpg



TED Z

T206 Reference
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There really are some amazing cards in this thread. DJ, that Wagner is great. Bryan and Jeff, love the ghosts on the backsides. Steve, the SL blank backs are off the hook. Maybe Jamie will weigh in with likely the greatest A of all time, which also doubles as a brown old mill. Ted, I thought you would post your Brown OM overprint. Speaking of “A”s and Brown Old Mills, here is a barbershop quartet (sorry for the sideways pic, but it is “A” so what do you expect)

Don't have many "A"s, but this might be my favorite. Low SGC pop. I've got worse looking cards that got a number grade.

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Of what I have scanned in, I've always loved this card. Was very happy to pick it up raw before sending it in to PSA.

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-irltSyufc...PSA%2BAUTH.jpg

Cut by hand (not mine) from a larger sheet:

Jeremy-

I love that N172 Wright! Although "only" authentic, it has great image clarity and presents much better than some of the numerically-graded Wright Old Judges

Tough to find Anson on Philadelphia. Not sure why the card got an A; it should have been given a number grade.

Simply stunning!

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https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi.../Darby%201.jpg

You have to take a Darby as you find it...

Honorable mention:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...1%20Cobb_1.jpg

Hey guys.....excuse me if I'm "monopolizing" this show, but I would like to make this point regarding cards graded "A". It's immaterial to me whether
these cards are Altered, Evidence of Trim, or whatever other defect exists..... "A" in my book defines AFFORDABLE.

All 6 cards which I have posted in this thread cost me significantly less than had they been graded with a number. And, their images are unblemished.


http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7.../batwagner.jpg . . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...rfranknagy.jpg



This scrap is a favorite in my collection since it almost completes my Doolan (fielding) run. I thought I only need his BROAD LEAF 350 card.
But, having seen the PIRATE card of him in post #10 here, I need that card also.

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...Cf30xscrap.jpg



TED Z
T206 Reference
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Awesome!
I want that!!!!

If you ever decide......


Great card !

It is sort of rare to see miscut D304s but there are a few out there..

http://luckeycards.com/pd304rucker.jpg

Not sure if a RPPC counts, but I sure love my Socks!

Nice eye-appeal for "authentic".

Here's one I am happy to have.

Some of my favorites

mantle
 

okay looking for an altered

This thread has some serious eye candy! Thanks for sharing them. There have been times when I saw cards in A holders and wanted to pull the trigger. Is it safe to say most collectors have them because 1. The card is in some way exceptionally rare or scarce and you were grateful to even find the A? 2. The card is, relative to your purchasing power, otherwise unobtainable? (this of course would vary for each collector) 3. For a given card, you would rather have an A card than something that is really creased up or in some way damaged? Sometimes I think if a card has been damaged by a collector years ago but the particular damage still merits a numeric grade, is that any worse than a collector over the years doing something to his card that merits it landing in an A holder? As long as there was no intent to deceive, I might not care, especially if it was a rare/expensive card that I otherwise couldn't have or otherwise couldn't have such a nice copy. Once it's in the A holder, everyone knows and the risk of deception is past.

Anyway, really neat stuff! I love seeing what you all have in your collections.

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Also 4- This particular card (or back) doesn't come in any other grade besides Authentic.

Some of my favorites:

Hi Luke, where did you get that Collins blank? I was the underbidder on one just like that one on eBay six years ago.

Grade "A"....actually stands for "AFFORDABLE"
 

WHOOPS !

How could I forget this one.

Anyway, I traded it to Chris and Kristin Buckler. The quintessential Louisville collectors.


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TED Z

T206 Reference
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Wow Luke, that is one heck a grouping. Very nice. Let me know if you ever want to sell or trade the Collins blank back; I know someone naked Ryan who would be interested.

Alright, alright, keep your clothes on Ryan! Haha, thanks for the kind words. You will be the first to hear about if I decide to part with Collins.

Sean, I got it from one of the major AHs about 3 years ago. There are two copies of Collins BB that I'm aware of. The other one has bigger, somewhat jagged borders and has been shown on this site a decent amount of times. I bet someone on here owns it.

A couple of "A"s for WaJo:

I'm pretty shocked that this card was Lionel Carter's. He was such a notorious condition freak that anything like this probably came from Buck Barker, Charles Bray or Jefferson Burdick very early on, say just before WWII or just right after.

I too own a card from Carter -a M101 Deal with a nice crease going across. It's one of my favorite cards because of who owned it. Carter was a huge influence on me as a writer.

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Happy with this Cobbie.

That T-206 Evers is really well loved.

https://i917.photobucket.com/albums/...dersWagner.jpg

https://i917.photobucket.com/albums/...frostfront.jpg

https://i917.photobucket.com/albums/...37dimaggio.jpg

https://i917.photobucket.com/albums/...W590Gehrig.jpg

I was surprised it was Lionel's card as well and that's one of the reasons I love it so much. To think it came from Barker, Bray or Burdick is pretty cool too.

Great cards in this thread. I am always partial to Headin' Home cards.


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Like the WaJo Napoleon and the Buchner Anson.

Here's a nice T214 in an "A" holder...

1954 has been beddy, beddy bad to me...

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Guess I have to shine a CSI black light on these guys to see what's what.

Ummm
 

..the colors on the Mays might be too good to be true ?

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I gotta be honest, it's a puzzler. Bought both (ungraded) a million years ago, way before grading was anything, and still can't for the life of me see what the actual issues are. Had no idea anything was wrong (besides the obvious) with either card. So frustrating.

Darren, the Ted Williams looks like what could be an eraser mark on the front. That could be why that one got the "A" grade. But I'm the world's worst. That's why I send all my stuff to PSA.

That could be the case in the upper right. It sort of looks hazy due to the cloud being there (the way the other clouds look), but it's possibly partly an erasure.

I will take a nice "A" over a beat to hell Poor any day...

Preach, sir. Preach. I love your King Kelly. If you ever want to move it, please let me know!

It probably varies on the particular issue, but what is the ballpark percentage you guys would pay for a nice A vs. a beat up 1 or 2 or a low grade card in general??

My two favorites

E107 Long

Blank Backs But Scrapbook Residue
 

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/204295...NTICKS_NEW.JPG

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Finally Net54 has an authentic pickup thread.


https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...obb-bat-off-om


Upper edge was so ugly I had to trim it myself.:eek::eek::eek:

Grade "A".....really stands for an "AFFORDABLE" card
 

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...sonSGCAx50.jpg


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Definitely this one! Only slightly trimmed

I see some post war cards so I’ll post my favorite “A”.

https://i245.photobucket.com/albums/...pstpmtgczh.png

My only AUTH that is graded that I can think of


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