Auction Report: Signed T206 Cards

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

Haul of shame had a small section on the baker and says it's a forgery.

I disagree and like the sig. Forging T206 autos is an expensive gamble on HOF cards, but of course it does happen, and I've seen a few bad ones out there.

You know, Al Shaw -- and his six letter name -- lived until 1974. Why do we never see signed Shaws, real or forged? Whatever the answer is one of the reasons I really prefer to collect signed T206 commons. It's like the old saying - how come everybody who believes they were somebody in a past life always thinks it was a famous person?!

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

I disagree and like the sig. Forging T206 autos is an expensive gamble on HOF cards, but of course it does happen, and I've seen a few bad ones out there.

Turning a $100 card into a 9k card doesn't seem like much of gamble if I'm a forger. In fact the potential return far outways the initial investment....so to me there's plenty of incentive for a forger. Just food for thought.

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

Turning a $100 card into a 9k card doesn't seem like much of gamble if I'm a forger. In fact the potential return far outways the initial investment....so to me there's plenty of incentive for a forger. Just food for thought.

Understood. Just saying it's cheaper to do 10 index cards and get the same return. For whatever reason this is the only Baker in the market. If we see any more any time soon then maybe I'll start to get concerned about it. But, I do think this signature is authentic.

I would be interested to see how many purportedly autographed T206s James Spence or PSA/DNA or SGC doesn't certify. I've been turned down on a few in my years of collecting.

[Joshchisox08]

I'd take the Cobb over the Speaker any day.

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by Joshchisox08

I'd take the Cobb over the Speaker any day.

I think Cobb would cost well more than Speaker today, though you never know. There are only a few people paying that kind of money for these and if one or more of them already have a Cobb they may bow out. There are many more signed T206 Cobbs than Speakers.