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Posted By: Glyn Parson

I personally am nearly 100% confident the Doyle variation is legitimate. I feel this way because I worked for LEvi when he inadvertantly purchased the copy of the card he owned. He purchased the card at the 1998 Sportsfest from Joe Esposito in a huge binder full of T206 cards. The binder was originally purchased by Alan Rosen in Dave Zubas (sp) shop in western PA. The binder was then sold to Esposito. Joe first offered the binder to Jimmy, who looked through it then passed. As he was walking the floor it struck him that the Doyle error was in that binder. He quickly proceeded back to Joe's table where he was informed that Levi had purchased the binder. In the meantime Levi had brought the binder back to the table and handed it to me to put in the back. Jimmy came over and asked if Levi was by with a binder of T206s I showed it to him. We went through the binder and there it was. I must state that the card though 100% real in both our minds appeared to be hand cut not really that uncommon for a T206. Before Levi came back and Jimmy could tell him what he had purchased, I had already told Steve Novella and Kris Keppler of the find. Word spread quickly through the hall. Rosen was angry and felt Levi should give Joe more money since such a valuable card had been found in ther binder, Levi declined and Joe stated it was on him Levi did not owe him a thing. Then a day or two later the other supposed Doyle came in and Merkle slabbed it for SGC. Rosen attempted to sell this card first to Craig Roehrig who was buying tons from Rosen at this time. Craig showed Jimmy and I the card and we laughed hysterically as it was an obvious fake variation and we told Craig that we felt it was fake, so he passed. Levi in the meantime had PSA slab his card as authentic, possiblty the first card to be slabbed as Authentic, I heard it has since received a number grade though I can niether confirm or deny this fact. This story is to my recollection 100% accurate and I stand by my statements.