T206 green Cobb with CYCLE 350 back sells for 3K....some one was FAKED-OUT !

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Originally Posted by HRBAKER

In this instance if the card was consigned, I'm not sure it occurred to check.

Jeff an others - If this were a one time instance of a bad front/back combo in this companies auction I think most people would say shame on the consignor (or doctor) and the auction house just missed it.

But in their previous auction they sold another impossible front/back combo. A Christy Mathewson portrait with a Sovereign 460 back. SCP Listing



This impossible front/back combo was brought to the auction houses attention prior to the lot closing and the listing was neither pulled nor revised.

In their followup auction they listed and sold the impossible Cobb front/back combo with an almost identical write up describing the re-drawn black border.

Looking at the cert numbers the Mathewson and Cobb were submitted together. One would think the outing of the first card would have been a big red flag for the second. That this would have caused the auction house to look closely at the other cards in the submission or consignment. Either this didn't happen or the auction house is well aware and are happy with the way they listed and sold these cards.