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davidcyclebackThe seller says he has to sell the card as a reprint, as he can't authenticate it because it's in the holder.
Needless to say, this is one of the dumbest things I've seen on eBay, and I'm sure GAI didn't encapsulate that card with the pack.
There are more holes in this seller's story than in swiss cheese. For example, he tells how the order of packaging (box then insert cigs then insert card) was out of order, thus the card was accidentally packaged on the outside. Even if this made any sense (which it doesn't), how would the card stick to the outside of the pack? There was no glue on the card or the outside of the box. The card would have fallen off the box 99 years ago-- in other words 1 second after it was "factory packaged" to the box.
And, of course, it makes perfect sense when you have a $500,000 card affixed to a $60 pack of cigarettes to have the pack professionally authenticated and graded but not the card. That's like bringing in your Rolls Royce to have the box of kleenex in the glove compartment appraised.
Though being packaged on the outside of the box would explain why the T206 Wagners are almost always in low grade.