Help with Goodwin Cobb Blank Back

[iwantitiwinit]

I'm bidding on a few cards in this auction and I passed right over the Cobb. It just doesn't look right. It looks as if its two cards pressed together to me. The areas that are missing printing on the front don't look like normal blank areas that result after chipping. To me it appears as if the front was skinned off and affixed to a blank. Given what I expect the top bid to be I don't feel it worth the risk, however, if you don't crack it out of the slab it'll hold it's value I suspect.

[Rob D.]

If that card was a Lajoie and not a Cobb, I would not bid on it.

[Ladder7]

Stunned, SGC slabbed it... Heh, tough economic times.

[calvindog]

I'm going to win this card cheap!

[thehoodedcoder]

the card is small in both height and width. i think its bogus.

kevin

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by calvindog

I'm going to win this card cheap!

Jeff that's not nice you know how sensitive I am.....

[Blunder19]

Any examples of a non southern leaguer with 2 confirmed blank backs?

I'm beginning to worry this card is not legit.

If the winner of the card determines the card is altered, would the auction house be responsible to reimburse the winner?

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by Blunder19

If the winner of the card determines the card is altered, would the auction house be responsible to reimburse the winner?

Lol.

[ullmandds]

def looks suspicious to me...I really don't like the edges of the card as well as the unusual little outward piece of paper jutting out of the lower left...just strange?

[4815162342]

If the winner of the card determines the card is altered, would the auction house be responsible to reimburse the winner?

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Lol.

I believe it would be the TPG's responsibility.

[Jaybird]

Originally Posted by Blunder19

Any examples of a non southern leaguer with 2 confirmed blank backs?

I'm beginning to worry this card is not legit.

If the winner of the card determines the card is altered, would the auction house be responsible to reimburse the winner?

I've seen scans of two different cards of Kroh.

But I think that you should judge the card not based on whether or not it should exist but on what others have talked about which is what the card looks like in relation to other T206 blank backs.

Also, the dimensions have nothing to do with it since it was hand cut. I've seen some oversize and some undersize with all being hand cut in my opinion. Even ones that look sharp and clean and even show signs of handcutting to me.

Anyway, I'm not offering an opinion as to legitimacy because I haven't seen it in hand. But just wanted to put these thoughts out there.

[Tao_Moko]

It is clearly altered and the slab should reflect it.

[MVSNYC]

Jamie, I could be wrong, but I never thought that there wasn't blank back dupes, meaning to my knowledge there could be multiple blank backs of the same player.

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by Blunder19

Any examples of a non southern leaguer with 2 confirmed blank backs?

I'm beginning to worry this card is not legit.

If the winner of the card determines the card is altered, would the auction house be responsible to reimburse the winner?

Currently have a situation with this exact problem. Will expand later tonight. It falls on the grading company.

[buymycards]

The scan on the Goodwin website is pretty good. To me, the back appears to have glue residue. The edges of the card seem to be hand cut, which MAY indicate that the card was cut from a scrapbook and PERHAPS soaked to remove the scrapbook paper. Whether or not the original back is still attached to the original front is impossible to tell without removing the card from the slab. I would think that with SGC's experience they would not have graded the card if the back was gone. Maybe.

Rick

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

If that card was a Lajoie and not a Cobb, I would not bid on it.

Rob, excellent way to describe your reluctance to bid.