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Archive 03-30-2003 02:57 PM

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Posted By: <b>Ryan Christoff</b><p>Believe it or not, Colorado is not a Mecca of vintage baseball cards and almost never has baseball card shows, but they had one of these mall shows this weekend so I decided to check it out. If anyone needs any Wheaties boxes with John Elway on them I now have about 25 connections.<BR><BR>I was stunned at the amount of new crap everywhere, but there was one dealer who actually had some vintage stuff. He had a stack of about 12 T206 cards so I asked to see them. I immediately flipped them over to see what backs they had (while I don't collect them at all I do realize many people do and some can be quite rare). I found a Cycle back, which I know isn't a Drum or Uzit, but I think it moderately difficult from what I have read on the board. <BR><BR>The player is Malarkey. The interesting thing is that you can see his image on the back of the card. I think it has bled through from the front. I know some people collect stuff like this but I didn't know if this kind of thing makes it more valuable or less valuable. <BR><BR>I'll post scans of the card. Can anyone estimate the value of this card?<BR><BR>Thanks for your help,<BR><BR>-Ryan<BR><BR><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1048978482.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1048978506.JPG">

Archive 03-30-2003 04:18 PM

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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>Hi Ryan<BR><BR>The card isn't a bleed through--that's all but impossible. The image results from having a new sheet of cardboard placed on a just-printed sheet that's still a little wet. The image transfers from one sheet to the other. <BR><BR>There are quite a few collectors of ghosts. Really sharp, clear ghost images can bring several hundred dollars at auction. I had a really nice one sell for $300. Yours isn't quite that sharp, but I'd say yours would pull at least a couple times the price of the card in its condition and adjusted for the back value. You can see some more at the T206 Museum.

Archive 03-30-2003 07:07 PM

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Posted By: <b>RBCraik@aol.com</b><p>Was the dealer's name Steve?

Archive 03-30-2003 09:36 PM

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Posted By: <b>Ryan Christoff</b><p>Nope. Not Steve.<BR><BR>-Ryan<BR><BR>


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