Anybody ever buy an item listed as a "reprint" only to find out it was real?

[trdcrdkid]

I've bought several cards that were presented as possibly/probably trimmed, but which I'm virtually certain are not. I haven't sent them to be graded, though. (Actually, I've never sent any card to be graded.)

[pencil1974]

Yep bought a Lefty Gomez Burke postcard that was listed as a "printed" signature and once I got it in hand you could see by the shine of the ink that it was a real signature. Not a super high dollar piece but was still a nice surprise.

[Al C.risafulli]

Once, many years ago, I bought a group of cards from a guy on eBay that he was trying to pass off as authentic. Typical T206 reprints - bad O'Hara, bad Plank, bad Cobb Bat Off, that sort of stuff. It was back in the day when you could see who the bidders were, and there were a bunch of people bidding who were newbies. So I decided to win it, to keep it out of their hands.

In the pile of cards I got was a true blue Cy Young Portrait, along with a handful of commons. Wasn't in the scans! Total gift. I think the lot cost me $50.

Al

[JeremyW]

It happened to me once. I purchased this card in an Ebay auction several years ago. It was listed in the pre-1942 category as a reprint. Eventually, I ended up trading it for something else. As a side note, this card (not this exact card) seems to have a way of calling me back to it. I've owned a few of them, sold them & end up buying another. I guess I really like this particular card. Jeremy

[JLange]

Several times I have purchased premiums that were listed as reprints by the sellers because they had facsimile autographs rather than real ones. Of course, this was part of the design element of the premiums, and each time they were the real deal items.