SGC Authentic

[T206Collector]

So far so good, and I think the year of death on the flip is a nice touch

From Autographed T206

[CaramelMan]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

So far so good, and I think the year of death on the flip is a nice touch

kind of morbid no?

not sure why they do this....

[npa589]

My guess is that they aren't stating this on every flip, but instead flips that may contain a year that was written by the player, and are including it to parlay any doubts about the validity of the autograph due to the year it was signed. It is a card from 1909, so it's understandable. I could be wrong, but that was my thought on it when I first saw this card...

[Rich Klein]

For example, I doubt there are any Doc Powers signed T-206 cards but putting the DOD is a good idea. Listen, at least you would know you could not have a 1964T signed Jim Umbricht or Ken Hubbs card or a 1977T Danny Frisella or a 1975T Don Wilson card.

Rich

[Bosox Blair]

I think the date of death is very important to the value of an autograph (and not just for judging authenticity).

The first thing I do when considering an autograph purchase is search the internet for the date of death.

If the player lived into the mega-card-show era (say after 1980, but even more around 1990), I typically discount those autographs substantially. There were unprecedented numbers of autographs being signed in this era for resale.

If the player died long before any of this stuff (ie. 1930s, 1940s, 1950s) I want to know that...it will usually translate to a much scarcer autograph (of course except for the very most popular players who freely signed, like Ruth, Cobb, etc...these are valuable because of demand, not short supply.)

Cheers,
Blair

[chaddurbin]

imo sgc is fine with modern stuff...prewar i'd still lean toward psa/dna or jsa for a variety of factors.

[JasonD08]

Chaddurbin.........shurely you meant that the other way around.