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Posted By: T206Collector

I picked up these two lovelies in a lot of 105 T206 cards that I won on eBay a few years back. The seller had a -1 feedback score, and had never sold any baseball cards in his history. Mostly he had been dealing in adult movies. But, the seller was in New York City (where I lived at the time) and so I bid highest and then arranged for an in person meeting to exchange cash for cards. Well, the seller arrived at Grand Central Station about an hour late. He was covered in filth, I recall his nails being the color of soot. He was emaciated. He had the look of a heroin addict selling his grandfather's collection to make up some money for smack.

Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your appetite for abused cards) he had the baseball cards in his left hip pocket, no sleeves, no plastic covering, nothing. Just 105 T206 cards in his pocket. Many of them were as beat up as the Burchell and the Dunn posted here, some of them were in fair-good condition. About 15 Hall of Famers and a dozen, or so, rare backs, including American Beauty and Cycle. He (or one of his associates) had spent a lot of time soaking some of them in a substance of some sort and trying to color in the creases with magic marker. To this day, the cards warp any penny sleeve that gets the privilege of housing them for more than a few days. I have no idea what the cards were soaked in, but they still -- after many many years -- feel damp to the touch. I have to wash my hands after touching them.

I have sold off most of these cards as I have upgraded along the way. Even with the condition problems I was able to make back my money easily. I still have a couple left over. These two pretties were the worst of the lot and I just recently upgraded the Burchell. So this one will be coming to an eBay auction near you as soon as I get the replacement in the mail this week.

If it's authentic, I'll accept it as a filler.