T206 1/1

[sportscardpete]

I don't really hate this as much as I hate a chopped up, game worn jersey. Topps is just catering to the audience; newer collectors like artificial rarity. Whether I agree with this or not, I can't really fault Topps.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Why couldn't they have just put the cards in those custom card sized holders like they did with the other buybacks and just stamped the cardboard holder instead of the actual card? I don't get it.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Why couldn't they have just put the cards in those custom card sized holders like they did with the other buybacks and just stamped the cardboard holder instead of the actual card? I don't get it.

Because all the cards in this set were minis; the packs look like cigarette packs. Oversized cards would stick out immediately and be searchable.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Because all the cards in this set were minis; the packs look like cigarette packs. Oversized cards would stick out immediately and be searchable.

Thanks for clarifying John. I didn't know that. Cool idea to have packs the size of old cigarette packs and only have minis in the set. But stamping an original T206 is just not right.

[Tao_Moko]

They're not even 1/1's. The stamp doesn't change that the card has thousands of examples that exist.

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

They're not even 1/1's. The stamp doesn't change that the card has thousands of examples that exist.

#this

[swarmee]

Well, they're considered stamped buybacks. Of course there are thousands of these cards that are unstamped. But Topps included these as a chase insert in a set which sold 20,000+ packs at $15 each. They might have only inserted 10-20 original T206s with these 1/1 stamps in the entire print run. So it might have taken opening 1000 packs in order to get one of these. It doesn't make it worth thousands, but I could easily see them selling for 5-10x what a regular common in VG shape would cost.
1/1 stamped cards in this release made a couple of weeks ago are selling for $500 each. Many of these collectors have never held a T206. But the ones that get a real T206 card in their packs may sell it, or it may become the first of many in their collection.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by sportscardpete

I don't really hate this as much as I hate a chopped up, game worn jersey. Topps is just catering to the audience; newer collectors like artificial rarity. Whether I agree with this or not, I can't really fault Topps.

this is true...spend a little time over on blowout...the modern collectors eat this crap up!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

this is true...spend a little time over on blowout...the modern collectors eat this crap up!

How can you blame them? It was just a common card before now it is a 1/1.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by sportscardpete

I don't really hate this as much as I hate a chopped up, game worn jersey. Topps is just catering to the audience; newer collectors like artificial rarity. Whether I agree with this or not, I can't really fault Topps.

Some people are fans of serial killers...

After all, they're just catering to the audience...

Yes, I can fault Topps, just as I do for Pannini who only cuts up stuff for US products. (And Topps for cutting stuff up as well )

[sportscardpete]

Originally Posted by steve B

Some people are fans of serial killers...

After all, they're just catering to the audience...

Yes, I can fault Topps, just as I do for Pannini who only cuts up stuff for US products. (And Topps for cutting stuff up as well )

Think your comparison is a little off.

[rdwyer]

Whoa, he got a green one! Whoa, he got a pink one! Whoa, he got a yellow one! Whoa, he got a card that looks like a child made it! I can't believe today's crap! They'll never equal what pre war ever did.