t206 honus wagner / red hindu !

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Posted By: Dave F

Ted and Brian,

You guys obviously missed one in your search for front/back combos. I guess everyday though a new idiot is born.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Extremely-Rare-Honus-Wagner-T206_W0QQitemZ320225661755

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Posted By: Eric

i wonder how much time people spend trying to make these reprints look old and beat up?

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Posted By: Mark T

Its in a screw down holder and has Wagner's name printed by a label maker so its got to be real...

He writes..."My Wagner has extreme ware and definitely shows it's age. It sports a Hindu back and is a must own for any antique or baseball card collector. This card, however, is not graded by any grading service. I have talked to many dealers concerning this card and they say that in the market the ratio of Wagner reprints to originals is something like 100:1. They were even joking with me saying I might get jacked even carrying this card around."

Yes, jacked up against a wall for listing this thing!!!

Seriously,I think Ebay should have all auction titles that start with T206 Honus Wagner checked out before they allow it to be listed.

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Posted By: Anonymous

I remember about 10 years ago, on Ebay, some guy had a scrap of orange cardboard, about a half-inch square, in screw-down holder and said it was “a fragment” of a T206 Wagner” -- he actually got quite a few bids, and I think someone bought it for a few hundred dollars. Does anyone remember this auction? Or does someone own this fragment? It was authenticated by some unknown firm.

This auction involved in this thread brings back memories of that auction.

matt m

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Posted By: peter ullman

if that's a cut and paste job...and the back is real...i'd pay 9.99!

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Posted By: barrysloate

The back does look real. I don't know about that front, though.

He wasted an awful lot of time on that very long description. He could have just said "this is a fake" and that would have worked, instead of his ten page essay.

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

He's "getting out of the hobby?" What hobby was he in? Why is it the guys selling the "Mona Lisas" always own the crappiest scanners and cameras?

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Posted By: Jim VB

Looks like our good friend Stew has stepped up and bid on this one.

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Posted By: Matt

how has stew not been banned yet? He certainly doesn't pay for what he wins.

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Posted By: Jim VB

Just a guess, but I'm thinking that guys selling fake cards are reluctant to file non-paying bidder claims.

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Posted By: fkw

That Wagner fragment was graded by NASA if I remember right. It was a reprint that was burned all the way around the edges (about 50% of the card was burned off.

That was a fun time on eBay

edited to add pic: mmyr111 Im not sure if this is the one your talking about, but this burnt reprint card was also on ebay about 8-9 years ago, at one time it was in a graded holder by one of those pseudograders

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Posted By: Anonymous

It brings back such beautiful memories. Thanks for the scan. Wow. Now people just paste reprints on the backs of other reprints and cards.

thanks matt m

mmyr111

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Posted By: BcD

aging in a coffee can or mutilating can't hide incorrect font ands border size!



BcD

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Posted By: Louis Bollman

Since the seller lives about 30 minutes from me I decided to try to set up a meeting with him via Ebay messages.

First he said he would meet me at a pre-determined place (not his home) and I agreed for a Saturday meeting. He then informed me that he couldn't do it over the weekend..."something came up".

So then I suggested anytime Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. He then informed me that he works 3 hours away from home. A six hour hour commute (to and from work) seems a bit excessive to me. Anyway, he just won't be able to meet me.

I guess he would rather work a job that includes a six hour commute each day rather than sell me one card for a hefty six figures. You really have to admire the guy's work ethic.

Louis

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Posted By: boxingcardman

with my wife, Morgan Fairchild. Whom I've seen naked. Yeah, that's the ticket! Wait, I have to go, I left a burning child on the sidewalk...

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