T206 scrap - Recent Ebay listing

[h2oya311]

I personally think scrap is crap, but your enthusiasm for (s)crap is absolutely infectious! After reading your post, I almost want one for my own collection.

[Exhibitman]

I love sellers with no idea of what they are selling...

[t206hound]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I love sellers with no idea of what they are selling...

At $16.25 delivered, they buyer may have had no idea what he was buying...

[mrvster]

and the rest...


thanks....

years ago....these scraps were actually perceived to be "crap" or "garbage"...

ironically, that's what they actually were over a hundred years ago literally...

I remember 10 or 12 years ago where you might get a blank back in the $300.00 range.....collectors had no idea!

12 years ago,you could pick up a sweet cap fact 30 no overprint yellow/brown scrap in the $200.00 .. range...

collectors hadn't even really realized how rare these damn things are! and pretty cool

[Jantz]

Originally Posted by t206hound

At $16.25 delivered, they buyer may have had no idea what he was buying...

The buyer is fully aware of what the card is.


Jantz

[Shoebox]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

I personally think scrap is crap, but your enthusiasm for (s)crap is absolutely infectious! After reading your post, I almost want one for my own collection.

+1 We all love what we love but the enthusiasm that exists for defective printing press doodles escapes me.

[mrvster]

you would have to own/ hold one to understand..... it is a piece of printing history of one of the most ever iconic sets ever produced.... a puzzle piece to decipher a mysterious set still unlocking mysteries for over a hundred years...

new discoveries about the set pop up like this occasionally....the rarity alone is amazing, forget about the uniqueness...

These "doodles" are the farthest thing from that.....they are print set up sheets .....the set up allows us to peer into the litho process that some of our resident experts here have been researching for decades....

like finding fossils if you will...

might be beyond your scope

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by mrvster

you would have to own/ hold one to understand..... it is a piece of printing history of one of the most ever iconic sets ever produced.... a puzzle piece to decipher a mysterious set still unlocking mysteries for over a hundred years...

new discoveries about the set pop up like this occasionally....the rarity alone is amazing, forget about the uniqueness...

These "doodles" are the farthest thing from that.....they are print set up sheets .....the set up allows us to peer into the litho process that some of our resident experts here have been researching for decades....

like finding fossils if you will...

might be beyond your scope

Depends on what you're measuring these against. I collect fossils and in comparison, this is not in the same universe. Easy to overlook the fact that the early 20th century wasn't really that long ago. These cards are cool and somewhat informative, but not awe-inspiring. Zero relevance in comparison to fossils.

[mrvster]

not literally comparing the two....millions of year old fossils and 100 year old cardboard are of course on the different spectrum....it was a simple analogy ...

the point...

a fossil is a small puzzle piece of the whole( plant/insect/entire dinosaur)

a T206 scrap is a small piece of the whole(the print sheet)...




just saying that printer's scrap has been traditionally mis understood over the years and their significance to the understanding of the print process...


some collectors just haven't grasped it yet, nor care, but ignorance is bliss

[packs]

You have some marketing prowess but I'd be hard pressed to pay more than the auction price.

However, everyone outside of this board would think I'm crazy for spending money on any card so to each their own.

[mrvster]

the perception for years!

until chase began

these are the future of T206.....when you complete the set(minus the biggies)....this will be the natural course

[Shoebox]

Originally Posted by mrvster

might be beyond your scope

I would say outside my scope rather than beyond. I understand the reasons other collectors feel the way they do about these items but don't share the sentiment. I dont expect anyone to change their collecting preferences, veiws, interests based on what appeals to me anymore than I would alter mine based on what appeals to you. To each their own.