The $1500 Comma

[jhs5120]

It's the scanner. Rick has his "Dust Removal" setting on and it will take away specs and dust on the glass.

Nothing funny going on here.

[Iron Horse]

What's real and what's not???
Apparently the grading companies are not catching these alterations doe by pros
the color seemed to have improved as well lol

[marcdelpercio]

What Jason said is correct. This is something that shows up...or rather, disappears...pretty often due to the scanner settings. I just bought this one a few days ago, for example:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/T206-Lucky-W...vip=true&rt=nc

I bought it for the interesting offset registration, but it appears the comma is missing as well. In hand, the comma is there as usual.

[z28jd]

I bought a T206 off ebay last year that had a comma missing and when I got it, the comma was there. I told the seller about it and he said he has the dust removal setting on and he also offered to take the card back. I kept it anyway because I paid market value and it didn't say anything about the comma in the listing.

[bobbyw8469]

I have had stuff "disappear' when I use the DUST REMOVAL setting as well. Mainly the period on half graded cards (8.5's turn into 8 5).

I have also had it "fill in" A's, O's and other letters.

[vintagetoppsguy]

The comma is easily explainable – dust filter.

What’s even more odd than the comma is the recent transaction history.

Card is sold by Probstein for $3549 on 9/17/13
http://www.ebay.com/itm/T206-Walter-...ht_1086wt_1042

Card appears in Memory Lane, but never sells (Frank, I don’t think your link is actually a “sold” item). Card fails to sell at Memory Lane on 9/2/14 with a BIN of $3250. This is what I find most odd – why would Memory Lane list the card at $3250 when it just when it just sold by Probstein for $3549?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ht_1755wt_1171

About two weeks later, the card re-appears in Probstein’s auction this time selling for $4733
http://www.ebay.com/itm/T206-Walter-...ht_1074wt_1042

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

Card appears in Memory Lane, but never sells (Frank, I don’t think your link is actually a “sold” item). Card fails to sell at Memory Lane on 9/2/14 with a BIN of $3250. This is what I find most odd – why would Memory Lane list the card at $3250 when it just when it just sold by Probstein for $3549?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ht_1755wt_1171

Ebay does show that it did sell with Memory Lane in November as a buy it now.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_saca...mplete=1&rt=nc

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

The comma is easily explainable – dust filter.

What’s even more odd than the comma is the recent transaction history.

Card is sold by Probstein for $3549 on 9/17/13
http://www.ebay.com/itm/T206-Walter-...ht_1086wt_1042

Card appears in Memory Lane, but never sells (Frank, I don’t think your link is actually a “sold” item). Card fails to sell at Memory Lane on 9/2/14 with a BIN of $3250. This is what I find most odd – why would Memory Lane list the card at $3250 when it just when it just sold by Probstein for $3549?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ht_1755wt_1171

About two weeks later, the card re-appears in Probstein’s auction this time selling for $4733
http://www.ebay.com/itm/T206-Walter-...ht_1074wt_1042

Maybe Rick could use a shill bidder filter? Or spend the big bucks for either a fraud filter or a morality filter?