More crap - Ebay seller vintage reprints

[Shoeless Moe]

check out their completed listings as well, more garbage entering the hobby

http://cgi.ebay.com/LATE-1800S-Charl...item2a1014c506

[53Browns]

ALL reprints are filthy garbage IMO. Even that Helmar trash. Not good for the hobby.

[dstraate]

I'm with you as far as hating reprints. I personally can't lump Helmar in that category as they are very clear that what they are selling is not a reprint. Either way, someday at the Net54 gathering before the national, there should be a bonfire where everybody can have a beer by the firelight of burning Goudey Ruths and Gehrigs.

[collectbaseball]

The Comiskey guy clearly states it's a reprint, which is a lot better than the people who say, "found in grandpaw's attic but I know nothing of sports cards so it's sold as is." That Comiskey card will almost certainly be sold that way in the next few weeks. The thing that frustrates me about the Helmar people is that they list the era as "Pre-WWII" which I think is a little misleading and clutters up my searches. Some of the Helmar things sell for hundreds of dollars, which is absurd -- it would be one thing if they were original paintings, but they're not (as far as I know?). I don't think they'd be reaching those prices if the listings weren't at least a little misleading. I don't like any of this nonsense!

[steve B]

A few of the Helmar things are actual card size paintings. I looked at a few when they were doing some T206 style, but they were just too expensive.

To me it's not the reprints themselves, but the way they're sold. The commercially produced sets of various T cards seem interesting, but selling abused single cards is just odd.

Steve B

[Kawika]

To each their own. I like 'em a lot.

[53Browns]

Don't get me wrong. I think Helmar pieces look awesome. The reason I think they are bad for the hobby is that somewhere along the line some poor sap is going to pay big $ for one, thinking or being led to think, that it is a period piece.