Why this high of a price???

[dgo71]

Wright has notoriously refused to sign that card since it was issued. I believe he was waiting for an opportunity to do something for charity (a la Doug Flynn and the 86T), but then it just became the card he was never going to sign. He turned down an offer from Dave Cameron for a large sum (I heard five figures) to sign only a handful of the cards, so it appears he clearly doesn't have an interest in signing it. Oddly, he is not a hard autograph to find on his other cards.

I am 99.9% sure this one was fake. To see it go for that much money turns my stomach. I am familiar with this seller and he always seems to have a lot of "rare" signed cards and always has a story about how it was obtained through a friend of a friend. The Al Pulido he has up right now is undoubtedly fake. I was in possession of 20+ copies of Pulido's 87T from a trusted trade partner who frequently travels to Mexico for ballgames. Every one was consistent, and none of them looked like the one this seller has for sale. This guy sells close fakes, he's obviously aware of what the legit auto looks like, but his execution is thankfully lacking. Several of the 87T look off to me, including very common signers like Bobby Witt and Geno Petralli. If those two are bad then there's very little to make me think the Wright, easily one of the hardest cards issued in the last 35 years to find signed, is real.

[EvilKing00]

i dont get this at all - 20 bids?? crazy price?? wtf - i wouldnt pay $2.00 for that

[dgo71]

Originally Posted by EvilKing00

i dont get this at all - 20 bids?? crazy price?? wtf - i wouldnt pay $2.00 for that

One man's trash and all that....the 87T set is one if the most, if not THE most, widely collected signed sets. Wright is the toughest signature to acquire from that set, even harder than Dick Howser, who passed away that same year, but was in Spring Training to at least sign a handful of these cards. People wanting to complete their set (especially when it's a project 25+ years in the making) will pay extremely high prices to do so.

[packs]

I'll be keeping my eyes peeled now. Wow.

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by dgo71

I am 99.9% sure this one was fake.

That was my first impression also.