What can you tell me about my card?

[Matt]

Welcome to the forum bone. The card you have is a 1911 Obak, or T212-3 (Catalog designation). See here for some more info:
http://www.oldcardboard.com/t/t212/t...?cardsetID=706

It looks to be in pretty good shape which makes a huge difference with regards to value.

Here is a recent auction of the same card in high grade:
http://www.milehighcardco.com/LotDet...px?lotid=11549

[barrysloate]

It certainly was kept in great condition. Nice card!

[Anthony S.]

Perhaps it's just the scan or how and where your card was stored over the years, but I'm not sure what to make of that back. 1911 Obaks have red printing on a white back. The back of your card, in the scan at least, looks as if the red printing is on brown cardboard. I've attached a scan of a 1911 Obak for comparison sake.

[ullmandds]

As Anthony has stated...the back looks strange...I don't like the color of the stock and the print of the back. I'm suspicious!

[barrysloate]

Could it just be very badly toned? Perhaps if it lay on a newspaper for decades the acids in the paper would soak into the card.

Or it's a fake. Tough to tell from the scan.

[Ladder7]

If any of my grandkids turn out to be punks, Im leaving 'em the counterfeits.

[Big Bone]

LOL, na it's not a fake (at least I hope not). The back was shot with my old digital camera and the flash kind of screwed it up. I tried to fix it in photoshop so that the writing was legible hence why it looks so strange. I don't have a scanner otherwise I would of used that instead.

Thats neat that it's worth up to $275ish. I may be looking to sell it but I'm not 100% on that right now. I also took a look at the other cards and they are old turn of the century hockey cards. Some are in great shape but most have damaged backs. From what it looks like I think someone glued it to a book or something so some are a little ripped up looking. Do any of you guys know where a good forum like this one would be for hockey cards? I don't think I could get much for them but I'd still like to know.

Anyways thats exciting never the less about the Obak card I've got. I'll try to get a better pic up for you guys on the back, sorry for the crappy shot.


BB

[pwilk17]

Hey BB - shoot me an email if you like and I can help you with the hockey cards.