Was it worth it?

[lharri3600]

Hello,
i just bought a bill bradley portrait with a ty cobb red image on back. Was it worth it? Just looking for your thoughts.

[jcmtiger]

Let's see a scan.

Joe

[Epps]

There was a thread on this a while back ago and if I remember correctly someone suggested that the Cobb card was stacked under Bradley at one time and they both got wet and Cobb's ink transfered to the back. Hope this helps.

[iggyman]

Larry, this was the old thread discussing the Bradley/Cobb card:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...hlight=bradley

[Tao_Moko]

Considering some of the things I've seen sell as "unusual" and "rare", I can't imagine someone wouldn't be interested for what you paid for it. There is a very popular site about this set that has sold less interesting oddities for more. My fear when looking at it was that a transfer like that could be replicated easily from the home and was probably due to moisture. The question is whether or not it's worth something if the transfer occurred from a period Cobb.

[FrankWakefield]

I think a lot of the cards that folks dance about, proclaiming 'wet sheet transfer' as some magical mantra.... I think a bunch of those cards, most of them, are just where some kid had a bunch of cards stacked together, maybe in his pocket, and they got wet. No magic, no wet sheet... just a messed up card.

Don't know what you paid for it. If you're happy with it, then you got a good deal. Sincerely.


If I'm wrong, if all of these things are 'wet sheet transfers', then what are the cards where they just got wet and the ink bled... what are those called, and where are they?

[rhettyeakley]

It's kinda fitting it would be Bill Bradley on the front w/ the Cobb wet sheet transfer as Bradley (according to some accounts) was one of Cobb's favorite ballplayers as a youngster. A young Cobb who had attended a spring game (I believe) and Bradley took some time out and spoke w/ Cobb and he was instantly one of the few ballplayers Cobb ever really looked up to for a while.

Fairly ironic/fortuitous card given the circumstances behind the two men together (not to wax too poetic or anything).

-Rhett

[Mikehealer]

Larry
I was watching this card and thought it was pretty cool. I would say if you like
it was worth it.

[lharri3600]

here's another one i have