About those gorgeous T206s on ebay.....

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Posted By: TBob

More than one collector has emailed me questioning whether or not these cards are legit. Most appear ok size wise although there are some of the seller's cards which appear to be short (trimmed at the top). The real issue is authenticity. The seller has great feedback numbers, that's a plus. Unfortunately he has been racking it up selling refractors and 2002 and 2003 cards. I am trusting that he knows of all the reprint cards out there and that he is standing behind his cards as authentic and unaltered. We shall see...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2788828574&category=31719

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2788827286&category=31719

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Posted By: Elliot

A great number of his cards appear to be trimmed.

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Posted By: Lee Behrens

I'm with Elliott on this alot of them appear trimmed, especially that Williams.

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Posted By: brian p

I'm guessing that the several cards I checked from this seller also have a chemical smell somewhat like bleach. Those borders are incredibly white...

Brian

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Posted By: jay behrens

yeah, the Lobert has a really funky look to it. The whites are too white and and other colors just don't seem right.

Jay

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Posted By: Lee Behrens

Pretty sharp cards, but the typeset seems to look like the reprints.

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=fsvpjr&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50

Opinions?

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Posted By: steve

Interesting that this seller on ebay has bid on a number of T206's in the past 30 days and hasn't won any of them. He also bid on a T206 reprint hobby box ebay item #2785616534. Interpret this as you wish but in my opinion this seller should be avoided.

For those not totally familiar with ebay - to find items bid on by anyone through the past 30 days click "Search" then click "By Bidder" then type in Bidder's User ID then click Yes on the little circle which says Include Completed Items.

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Posted By: Dave

I've compared a few of these cards with mine, I can't tell a thing from this. Maybe someone else can. I find I need to open this in a picture processor and change the magnification to find a view that doesn't make the downloaded image from ebay too fuzzy. A little more resolution from ebay would help.

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Posted By: jay behrens

Even with the fuzzy eBay scan, the belt buckle on the Camnitz seems to hint that these cards are not kosher.

Jay

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Posted By: runscott

My opinion is that they are trimmed, possibly bleached, but real.

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Posted By: DonaldJohnson aka spaceops03

Cards are originals and most appear trimmed and bleached - my 2 cents worth.

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Posted By: leon

if they aren't kosher below the belt does that make them "uncircum-trim-sized"? Now that's hitting below the belt !!