[tbob]

As I trolled eBay tonight looking for hidden gems and wading through the same reprints, over-priced inventories of about 5 sellers which have been running for a year, I had to gnash my teeth when I saw Dean's Cards selling reprint T207s. The T207s are the last major set to be reprinted. Perhaps it is because some collectors don't care for the brown backgrounds or the fact so many HOFers were left out, etc. Whatever the reason I was overjoyed that reprints/replicas/fakes hadn't infiltrated the hobby. Until now.
Anyone who knows me personally or had read any if my articles about the T207 set knows how much I love the cards. But to see the replicas finally make it in to the hobby is unnerving. In the one hand it is an inexpensive way of buying them and collecting them but the ugly other side is when they eventually start being sold to unwitting collectors as genuine.
I couldn't see the cards offered for sale so I don't know if they have 'reprints' on the back but if am guessing not.
The last major pre-war set without reprints is no more and it's a damn shame.