T206 Frank Delehanty

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

If you're going to start buying and flipping T206 cards, you need to get one to keep.

I'm not. It was just an opportunistic pickup which didn't work out. I'll keep the card and go back to collecting what I know.

You overpaid for this card.

Indeed, but I don't believe it was a deliberate ripoff like another poster suggested. This card was among a group of about two dozen T206s in various grades. If he was trying to rip folks off there would have been more than just this card in that condition. My guess is that he bought the lot from a collector that originally bought it in this condition.

I've done business with this dealer for a number of years and he has always priced fairly. When I've spent my bank, he'll let me take cards (including, one time, a NM 1962 Willie Mays) and send him a check later and I've given him money for cards he forgot to bring with him and have him mail me the card. When I see him at the next show, he'll make this right.

[the 'stache]

Jeff,

I totally get where you're coming from. At no point while looking at this card did I think to myself "you got ripped off." If he had a few dozen T206 cards on sale, I'm betting he didn't spend too much time looking over any one card. He certainly didn't critique a scan the way we've been doing. It's easy to miss a wrinkle on the back, or variance in corner sharpness when you're putting out a whole bunch of cards. That you've had good dealings with him in the past just reinforces my thinking that you took a shot, and missed. There's nothing wrong with that. In the future you might come across a similar opportunity, recall a few of the things we looked at, and either leave the card, or try to negotiate a lower price. Who knows, somewhere down the road you might find a card that's underpriced, and get a deal. So, when I think of what you received for your money, you not only got a nice card, but you got some experience. You can sell that card back, and get a good chunk of your money back. But the experience will stay with you.

If you ask me, taking a shot at something outside of your comfort zone showed some real moxie. So, good for you.

[clydepepper]

Jeff- one key point to remember about the T206 cards (and other pre-WWI issues) is that when they were produced, there was no absolutely precise machine making them all exactly the same size. I believe it seems more prevalent with the T206 because it was by far the largest set from the period.

I say that as a relative layman compared to my fellow Net54 members, but I have always understood that to be true. I'm sure that, if I am incorrect in this assertion, someone with more knowledge will step up and correct me.

Collecting in the period can be a lot of fun, but, as with anything, can have its own perils and pitfalls.

Feel free to 'lean on' the Net54 members' expertise (not confident enough to include myself in that) any time.

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

J
If you ask me, taking a shot at something outside of your comfort zone showed some real moxie. So, good for you.

As risk taking goes, it wasn't *that* big a step. My wife shows horses for a hobby. $60 is half a tank of diesel.

[mrvster]

...so harsh.....my apologies.....the guy prob wasn't trying to rip you off, chalk it up to error.......

not a total loss....see if he will take it back???

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by carlsonjok

As risk taking goes, it wasn't *that* big a step. My wife shows horses for a hobby. $60 is half a tank of diesel.

Oh, I know. I was a stockbroker. I was more referencing the spirit behind the transaction, and not the monetary implications.