Cobb/Edwards and the T206 Honus Wagner

barrysloate · #1 02-07-2010, 09:46 AM

The board's best guess was that a Wagner reprint was glued onto a real T206 common. The two owners sent the card to be chemically analyzed, and a small piece of the back was removed and tested. It was deemed to be genuine antique paper, and consistent with paper from the early part of the 20th century. Obviously, a modern reprint wouldn't pass that test.

Based on that conclusion, the owners believed their card was genuine.

DanP · #2 02-07-2010, 10:52 AM

Help me out here...

Is someone saying that the PSA 8 Wagner is a fake? I thought it was believed it was cut from a sheet??? Or are we talking about another Wagner?

Dan

teetwoohsix · #3 02-07-2010, 10:58 AM

No,the "Wagner" the thread is about is regarding two individuals Cobb & Edwards who claim to have a real Wagner,but won't submit it for grading-because it is fake.
There is a section of the book that is about them and their card.
Sincerely,Clayton

glynparson · #4 02-07-2010, 09:33 PM

If you think the friends I was referring to are any of the boneheads you mentioned. You are wrong I was actually referring to your client you know Dave, as well as Joe Orlando both I consider friends. But O'Keefe infers in his book that they wont grade the Cobb/Edwards Wagner due to an old boys club atmosphere that goes on in the hobby. I don't like any of the peolpe you named, well I actually don't dislike Goodwin but the rest of those jokers can go away as far as i'm concerned. Also Leon can vouch for this as I discussed it with him at the dinner. I feel putting the Cobb Edwards junk in the book took the focus off the true story (in my opinion) and the reason for the book. Heck when i would put an irrelevant topic to my thesis in a paper the teacher always put a big x over thhe whole paragraph. I feel that's what should have been done with the Cobb/Edwards chapter to not dilute going after the true bad guys (in my opinion).

Jewish-collector · #5 02-07-2010, 10:11 PM

Maybe Leon can get Cobb & Edwards to come to this years Net54 dinner.

drc · #6 02-07-2010, 11:44 PM

My impression is the book was written by people who didn't know how to tell if a T206 Wager is real or reprint.

calvindog · #7 02-08-2010, 05:59 AM

O'Keeffee apparently flunked the 30 second course "How to Tell if Your Wagner is Real or a Reprint." In my opinion he flunked it on purpose -- because he just wants to give the hobby a bad name.

Of course, he's the one who gives the hobby a bad name, not all the frauds that make a living from it.