Posted By:
Dan Kravitz
I was talking to an "old time" dealer yesterday about shows and long time dealers/collectors he knows. This guy would travel and set up in the 80's and 90's at almost every show. The cards he spoke about would be the cornerstone of any collection; full run of Rose Co. PC's, Mino Cobb, T208's, Garters, YumYum's etc.
Anyway... Suffice it to say, he has seen a ton of cards. One thing stuck with me; with all of the rare and scarce issues he would see, he rarely saw mint t-206's and never saw signed dead ball era cards in general. He believes most signed cards were forged in the 90's and most grading companies have no idea what they are looking for. I agree with the latter.
I have no idea about signatures from the 1900's (mainly cause I don't collect them), but I would be cautious about any signed card, even if it's authenticated.
It seems that most if not all of us have asked sellers to end auctions early. If you are upset with the way it went down, the seller should take the brunt of your anger. The reason most of us know that he wouldn't end the auction early is that we asked him to do just that.
Have a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year !!