Show beginning 3/5 on CNBC called Treasure Detectives. Cobb-Edwards Wagner examined.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by cobblove

hell yes!! LOL.
This is hilarious these guys are still going. It will never end. Have they tried selling it anymore after they found the garage grading company?

They did try an ebay auction again, but ebay took it down. They started a website to help promote the ebay auction and commissioned a painting for the big auction. Of course all of this didn't help disguise the card from ebay.

[bn2cardz]

I think it is funny that the clip shows a different card than the Cobb-Edwards Wagner. I guess they figure if they showed the C-E Wagner it would be obvious to anyone before watching the clip that it was a fake.

The Cob-Edwards wagner is below the clip capture from the show.

[SushiX37]

That video on their website is mind-numbing. I made it about 16 minutes in and couldn't go anymore. When he described the grading process at ACA and the "light machine" that did "this and that" he sounded very knowledgable.

Rich

[gnaz01]

They were offered $10,000 for the card and didn't jump at it?????????

[bbcard1]

I once had a chance to pick up some very old, very expensive packs and thought about checking into using a CT scanner to try to see what was inside...didn't work out and I don't know if 1) I would have done it and 2) it would have worked.

Weren't all T206s kind of stuck together in effect...the front is a different texture than the rear.

[cobblove]

almost time for the show.
Thought Id bump it to remind people

[FourStrikes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RpJ0eVr-U0

DS

[thehoodedcoder]

at this point he should have to submit to a lie detector test to prove he really thinks it is not a fake.

if he passes, ok. maybe he really is that pathological and distrusting and its a personal flaw.

if he fails, it will be the last time we ever hear from this guy.

kevin

[Sean]

Originally Posted by thehoodedcoder

at this point he should have to submit to a lie detector test to prove he really thinks it is not a fake.

if he passes, ok. maybe he really is that pathological and distrusting and its a personal flaw.

if he fails, it will be the last time we ever hear from this guy.

kevin

Great idea. The story that I originally heard about these guys back in 2002 was that they had stolen this card from someone who had glued a fake front to a real Piedmont back. I would love to ask them where they got this card while they are taking this test.

[vintagechris]

I don't know if this is the case or not, but the way he was acting reminded me of less than knowledgeable autograph collectors who have spent a bunch of money with people who sell forgeries and then when you tell them and show them evidence, they just don't want to believe it. They hold out hope that somehow it is real.

I have seen this countless times in the autograph hobby. You show them evidence that they are dealing with forgers and they look for every way they can to convince you and themselves that what they have bought is real. Sadly, many of them then try to sell and recoup $ just in case it isn't real.

[pepis]

I'm hoping they would give my story a strong consideration.

[brob28]

My guess is they are getting paid to be on the show, so this is how they collect their payday - they've simply reduced expectations about the $ize of it.

I bet the CT scan will proove inconclusive!

[tiger8mush]

someone should submit a lot of like 10 low-grade T206s (with 1 or 2 "aged" reprints) to ACA grading

edited to add: isn't it ironic that PSA was started in a similar way ... grading a T206 Wagner