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05-12-2009, 05:19 PM
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Channed
"Channed" that is great! Like your name is "Mudd" the doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth or "you are Joshing me" a man named Josh who dusted 5 dollar coins with gold and passed them off as 20 dollar coins. Then there is my favorite: Munsoned ( I know fictional) I'm using it.
I just started collecting and the recent developments that have come to light on this board are disconcerting to say the least. 
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05-12-2009, 05:56 PM
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Joe,
First thing you need to do is get a few white border tobacco cards. Once you have seen, held, handled a few real ones, then it becomes easier to spot reprints and trimmed cards. At that point you can buy ungraded T206s without great fear. I'd suggest that once you've bought a few, stay with 3 or 4 of the sellers that you trust. There are a few guys here on the board that won't mind an occasional email from someone new to T206s, asking them about the authenticity of certain eBay auctions. I've answered about 100 such inquiries over the years for several different guys. They eventually get a few cards and can make decisions on their own. It is a neat progression, seeing them start out with "what about this auction", to "I'm not too sure about the look of the back of this one, what do you think?", to "this is an obvious fake". The other thing you could do is find a collector near where you live, who has T206s. There is nothing like spending a few hours with an old dinosaur of a collector, listening to tales about how things used to be. A fellow could look and listen, could learn quite a bit... I have 3 or 4 T206s on eBay now, and will list a few more in the next few days. I've not responded to you to get you to bid on my auctions, although someone may well think that. Wish you well with it. Frank W.
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05-12-2009, 06:19 PM
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I agree,
And this applies to any vintage card set you are a newbie at. you should buy a handful of lower to mid grade commons first, then look and study closely at how they were made (printed) and how they naturally wear over the years. If you handle these cards daily you will get a sense of what they should look like and when a fake or altered card comes along usually you will see a problem right away. In person a reprint card stands out when compared to an authentic card, they are made 2 completely different ways (T206 cards, like many cards of that era, are lithographed) a couple good pages for info on IDing fakes and how 1910 era cards were printed... http://www.caramel-cards.com/e95reprint.html http://www.caramel-cards.com/printing.html PS... the higher the grade and the higher the worth... the higher the chance its been messed with (if raw)..... so look closer at these 
Last edited by fkw; 05-12-2009 at 06:28 PM.
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