T206 ed walsh blue old mill sgc 30!

[ullmandds]

problem is...someone like me...who has no interest in the card will give an honest answer...whereas someone who's interested...like Kevin...would obviously prefer to hear low estimates?!

[Bicem]

what does SMR say?

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by Bicem

what does SMR say?

[CMIZ5290]

I should have known that posting this on net54 would be a 100%, no doubt about it, absolute waste of time..... I must admit, i was warned by a couple of people.

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

I should have known that posting this on net54 would be a 100%, no doubt about it, absolute waste of time..... I must admit, i was warned by a couple of people.

I don't think it's a waste of time, people who know about the set are giving you real answers. I too think it's probably around 50 K. I think that's a crazy number, and a realistic number at the same time.

[wolf441]

I can't see paying $40-50K for the card. Once you are talking that much money, you're competing against some other really nice choices. I know that I'd rather be able to say that I owned a $50K T206 Plank than a $50K T206 Old Mill Blue back.

[Bicem]

I'd put the over/under at $25k.

[Rob D.]

If that card were offered in REA or another major auction, it's realistic to think it would bring at least $40,000-$50,000.

[Jaybird]

I would definitely think north of $20K. $20-40K would be my estimate. Just depends who wants it at auction. How many high rollers want it after it hits $20K?

[g_vezina_c55]

Anyone have a picture of that card?

[sb1]

Most of the "high rollers" are not variation collectors, nor upgraders, they focus more on completion of extremely difficult sets. Many of them could care less what's on the back.

Edited to add, I have held the card and louped it front and back and feel it's legit, even after I first had reservations.

[canjond]

Originally Posted by Jaybird

I would definitely think north of $20K. $20-40K would be my estimate. Just depends who wants it at auction. How many high rollers want it after it hits $20K?

Call me crazy but I actually think the card would be worth more if another surfaced... This would give a bit of legitimacy to the card. Right now, I feel like it is hard to discount the fact that this may just be a freak because of the failure to change ink, color fading, etc. I know back collectors can pay crazy prices, but I can conceivably see this card being a $10k or less card.

[irishdenny]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

problem is...someone like me...who has no interest in the card will give an honest answer...whereas someone who's interested...like Kevin...would obviously prefer to hear low estimates?!

Peter, I think your 1st post was an honest one, Really!

[Exhibitman]

Unless you've held a card in your hand and examined it in person it is simply impossible to give an educated opinion on whether it is a counterfeit. The skill level of the people on this board who've spoken up and at SGC who've seen the card in person is about as high as you can hope for in this hobby and if all of them are confident that the card is a genuine T206, then it is either the greatest forgery of all time--which I find it hard to believe would be anything but a Wagner--or genuine. I don't find that that inconceivable that in all of the thousands of sheets run for this set with dozens of backs in various colors that someone somewhere in the sequence ran a sheet with the wrong ink.

As for what it is and what it is worth, it is not a variation needed for a master set [which I define as an intended change by the mfg], it is an error card. It is worth whatever someone will pay for it. My SWAG is about $5,000-$10,000 but I could see a couple of well-heeled collectors beat each others' brains out for it and push it substantially higher.

I'd have taken the $30K in cash [provided it was actually cash] at the natty and gone on a spending spree...