T206 Plank on eBay

[Matt]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=330501136774

Hard to tell anything from the images, though I can't recall seeing a reprint where the blue ink was off-registered as it is on this card.
Looks like some experienced folks bid on this one.

[LEIDEMEG]

Just took a quick look, I have to blow it up. but if its fake, its the best fake I have ever seen.

[Matthew H]

I was curious about that card too. If it were any other player (not Hans), I would have assumed it's real.

[hunterdutchess]

FAKE!!! I found the dumbest ebayer. It is whoever bought this card. LOOK:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1952-MICKEY-MANT...#ht_500wt_1156

Also I found another Plank that sold cheaper than that one but looks more authentic & look at the junk this guy is still selling.

http://cgi.ebay.com/T206-Eddie-Plank...#ht_500wt_1156

[fkw]

blurry homemade fake.

The image is just not crisp, and looks like a copy to me, both front and back

[Abravefan11]

The card is a fake and the blurry photograph helps mask it some, but it is a fake.

[barrysloate]

If you look at the right edge of the reverse, which is the top of this ridiculous horizontal image, you can see what looks like a slightly skewed seam. Did somebody really pay $1200 for this? Unbelievable.

[bbsports]

If I thought I had a real Plank, I would sent have a nicer upfront scan, not one sideways & of course have it graded by a legit grading company. The paper stock on the back appears to be too thick to be real & the printing on the front of the cards appears to be too dark to be real. Not worth the gamble even at that selling price.

[barrysloate]

Fake front glued onto real back.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Fake front glued onto real back.

What makes you think so? As I mentioned, I've never seen a fake Plank with the blue ink off-registered like that. The coloring looks off in the image, but it's a photo, not a scan, so the light might be playing tricks.

[tedzan]

This seller has never dealt on ebay with any authentic card earlier than the 1970's.

Furthermore, the front coloring of a real Plank is different than the one sold. The coloring of this Plank
is very similar to the reprint shown here.




If anyone thinks this Plank is real, then Barry Sloate has a Bridge nearby him to sell.


TED Z