is this a ridiculous price?

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Posted By: Marc

This reminds me of this local goof where I live who keeps advertising his T206 cards in the paper. He says he found 3 of them under a mantle in an old house and is asking for $1200 or trade for a Mustang or Camaro. He writes "RARE", "100 Years Old". So, I call him up this past summer thinking he must have a Ty Cobb, W. Johnson, etc. Nope, he has a Howie Caminitz, Jimmy Sheckhard, and a Larry Doyle. When I asked him on the phone what players he had, he said, "Oh, I don't know off hand, they are upstairs in my safe...I'll have to go look. Why, what does it matter, they are 100 years old?" I told him it does indeed matter in value. After he told me those three names he asked what they were worth. I told him they were worth maybe $50 a piece...and to be quite honest that is inflated and quite generous. I've seen those three for $20 a piece many times. After I told him that, he said I was crazy and that there has to be a collector of these things who would pay that. I told him I was a collector. He still wanted $1200 or a Camaro or Mustang. I just laughed at him and said, "Good luck getting that! I told you what they are worth."

Some people say collectors just try to rip off 'innocent' people with their valuable collections. This is a case of the opposite. This guy is trying to rip off the collector. It goes both ways.