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leonI said I was done but what the heck....it's still fun debating.
Rman- I asked Scott the same thing a few minutes ago. His answer was that since all of the known E94 Overprints, until now, are very well centered, then they most likely were not done at random with a free hand. I think that's a good point but not sure...
Shawn- You said and my responses,.....
You have very legitimate points, and perhaps you are right and it is a fake.
But:
1. Your "Oh You Fan" is the only one known
Yes, it's the only one known. It came from Tom B at a National...I think he paid about 250 each for 2 of them (different stamps) a few minutes earlier and Scott and I both bought one........but at that kind of money it's hardly a model for scamming profitability.
2. As you can see, the Close Co. used several different versions, formats, Fonts and colors with there overprint logos
True- and if you look closely this new example has the company in big letters while all of the others are small letters
3. Coincidently, there is an ad that matches the exact same lettering style on the card in question "The George Close Co" portion, but is not seen on any of the other cards. Someone just pulled it out of a hat?
Close Company had lots of advertising and lots of different fonts. Anyone can go to my site and see several different Close Company ad pieces/boxes/tins/letters........You ever do an internet search? I wouldn't call it pulling out of a hat...but that's just me.
4. I think what we are dealing with here is someone who bought a "lot" of overprint and stamp cards, not really knowing what they were doing... In doing this perhaps he bought some fakes and real ones. But who knows?
I think we are dealing with a scammer and someone trying to pull some fraud on us. Many times they think they will get over.....This board has uncovered bigger scammers than this. When you see an item that is questionable on ebay one of the first things we do is see what other things the seller is selling or buying. Today I saw a cool Babe Ruth card with a cool stamp on back. I was a bit excited. I clicked on the other things the seller was selling....right next to it was a fake M101/5 Ruth......I wasn't as excited anymore....It's experience ....Old Put bad....never before seen E94 Overprint right next to it.....same as the Ruth on ebay...
http://cgi.ebay.com/BB-Card-Babe-Ruth-Yankees-Spanky-s-Hot-Dog_W0QQitemZ310106566572