recent m101-6 jackson

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It was sold in Leland's apparently, but I think the point is that with no image and an erroneous identification in the catalog as a Sporting News, there could have been some doubt about what the card actually was at least based solely on the catalog.

Chicago based Felix Mendelsohn did the photos on both series. Maybe that was some mix up..

[Shoeless Moe]

I think there needs to be a show called:

CSI NET54

[MattyC]

LOL! I can make that happen-- doing a TV show right now with the creator of CSI. There is surely enough drama here to support a series

[nolemmings]

Actually Mendelsohn published the cards for both series, but borrowed heavily for his photos in the m101-4/5 sets. He was far more hands on with m101-6, copyrighting many of the photos which he either took or more likely had taken at his direction.

Leland's can be forgiven for listing the card as affiliated with the Sporting News in its 1994 auction description, since at that time the hobby regarded m101-6 as connected to TSN. The hobby then considered the set as being issued in 1919 also, which is probably why LeLand's claimed its Shoeless was issued "during notorious 1919 season". In fact, the photo was taken in 1917 and the set was first available that year.

IMO, it would be a mistake to assert that this card was unique, although I still have not seen an image of another. M101-6s could be ordered for a nickel a card. It seems hard to believe that Joe Jackson would not have been a popular choice among collectors, and Chicago publisher Mendelsohn would not have been shy about printing them. He has been listed in the checklist for at least a quarter century (he's in my first edition SCD book), and while that alone is not determinative, it does imply that someone has seen his card a time or two before.

[wonkaticket]

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Reading through the Haul of Shame article referred to in the initial post, the article really makes some "harsh" accusations about PSA, Collectors Universe and its top brass regarding the grading of the PSA 8 T206 Wagner. If Mr. Nash claimed to have received a cease and desist letter from PSA's attorney last year regarding his alleged defamatory accusations that the said Wagner card was trimmed, no doubt PSA will soon be suing him for his continuous and persistent rumor mongering about that card.

[Cardboard Junkie]

I doubt psa will ever man up about anything.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Cardboard Junkie

I doubt psa will ever man up about anything.

Given their past and ongoing success, it is understandable that from their point of view, their public relations strategy has been the right call.