T206 ed walsh blue old mill sgc 30!

[ctownboy]

In response to g vezina c55,

Considering how some (many? most?) people on this board have questions about the authenticity of the blue backed Old Mill Walsh and then seeing as how Mastro has been recently reported as going to plead guilty for various things (including card doctoring?) could we assume that the people who have the money to afford this Walsh are gun shy in pulling the trigger on it?

David

[g_vezina_c55]

i saw all the thread on the board about this Walsh card.

Perhaps you are corect in your reflexion about all the accusation about mastro, card doctoring etc...

I am impatient to see if anyone will bid on this card.

Personally i have no opinion about this card, i never see it in real and never holded in my hand so i can t have any real opinion.

[g_vezina_c55]

2 days left !

[CW]

From the auction description....

Within moments of its unveiling, this new arrival became the subject of considerable discussion on authoritative internet message boards.

Ah-HA! Respect our authoritah!

I agree that this auction will be a bit interesting to watch and see where it ends. The bar is set with the $15K opening bid, but I am wondering if this auction might do better with a lower starting number.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Do you think it will garner an opening bid?

I'm not sure it will.

AndyH

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[z28jd]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Do you think it will garner an opening bid?

I'm not sure it will.

AndyH

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I think you need to find another before this one gets a bid that high. With a back like that, they would've ran off at least one sheet, so there would be others out there. Just one sheet seems unrealistic to assume though, because there really isn't an error here. They had no troubles letting piedmonts go from dark blue to light blue and every blue in between, so why would this set off alarms.

So until you find others, that price is a pretty big leap because the worst case scenario if they're wrong is you have an SGC30 Walsh with an Old Mill back. I might pay double the going rate of a Walsh to take the risk, but I'm not going 150x the price!

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by z28jd

I think you need to find another before this one gets a bid that high. With a back like that, they would've ran off at least one sheet, so there would be others out there. Just one sheet seems unrealistic to assume though, because there really isn't an error here. They had no troubles letting piedmonts go from dark blue to light blue and every blue in between, so why would this set off alarms.

So until you find others, that price is a pretty big leap because the worst case scenario if they're wrong is you have an SGC30 Walsh with an Old Mill back. I might pay double the going rate of a Walsh to take the risk, but I'm not going 150x the price!

John, your read on this makes perfect sense to me, but along with all the board skepticism, there were also plenty here who gave it their blessing - guys who have the dough to back up their beliefs.

Assuming this goes for ONLY $15,000...as a T206 collector, if I had that much to spend on one card, this would not be the one. In fact, it wouldn't make my top 100 - and that's only for T206's.