Rebacked T206's....heck NO....perhaps, they are Re-Fronted DRUM, HINDU cards ?

[iggyman]

Ted,

I'm sure we all care. Most of us are passionate about our cards and to various degrees have some amount of money invested into this so-called hobby. We would like to assume that "all" card surgeons are terrible spellers and their forgeries can be easily spotted. But as your post suggest, that is not always the case. High-level fraud is rampant in our society (or any other society were $$$ and human beings are involved)......not much can be done about that. Our only defense is to question every new "find" and document the work of old-time collectors like yourself. Lets face the facts, this hobby relies way too much on the card graders at SGC/PSA. When in actuality, both companies are in the business of entombing cards as quickly as possible (they probably spend less then a minute authenticating a card). With that said, as collectors we have three choices, either leave the hobby, choose to be oblivious, or acquire knowledge. Hopefully, the majority choose option three.

Lovely Day...

[onlychild]

I guess there can be re-fronted T205's (especially a Cobb, Johnson, or a Matty); however,
do we know all the front/back combos that exist in this set....as we do with the T206's ?

Furthermore, does anyone really care ? ?

Ted, I'm just trying to help prove your theory. Entire pictures can be removed and cards can be refronted...they shouldn't be considered rebacked. The T205/T206 combo was made just to show it can done.

Here is a picture removed in one piece from a beater T206 I made for you last night, with pics taken from the back side. It had some wrinkles that broke through the surface, so naturally those pieces would be split when lifted.

Imagine this is a Cobb and I removed another the pic from a Red Hindu that had severe front damage. If done properly, the two can be joined without detection. Perhaps it could be spotted by a very intricate inspection (up to an hour in some cases) but what grading company would spend that kind of time? With the right two cards I imagine any combo is possible.

Kevin

[tedzan]

A momentary lapse on my behalf....for nobody in their sane mind would alter a T205 PIEDMONT card
of Matty to re-front another card of Matty with a DRUM card of Matty (if such a f/b combo exists).

This certainly tells us why we don't see any T205's being altered like T206's are.

Thanks for the sanity check.

TED Z

[teetwoohsix]

It's obvious by looking at Kevin's examples that these type of alterations can and have been done,but I'm not too convinced that just anyone could pull off a "re-fronting" job that would fool all graders and collectors.There is no way,unless you are a pro like Kevin,that you could "build" an example that could fool everyone,IMO.I would guess there may be a handful of people who could do an "undetectable" job-my point is that I do not think it's as easy to do as it sounds,that's all.

I admit,it is scary-but I would be a little more leary if I were buying these ultra rare,one of a few known,high dollar,bionic back cards........

Clayton

[barrysloate]

It may not be easy, but that wouldn't stop somebody from learning the skills. It's not easy to be a doctor, but people still go to medical school and ultimately practice medicine.

There is so much money to be made altering baseball cards that you can be sure many people are doing it. And while I agree not all these concoctions will get past graders, enough will. If only 25% of all altered cards got slabbed it would still be a very lucrative business.

[teetwoohsix]

Great point Barry-agreed.

I was dumbfounded at an earlier post where Kevin said he offered to show PSA graders a few "tips",free of charge,and was declined!!

Clayton

[T206DK]

I think these types of alterations can be done by anyone with the time and materials. I am going to try to do my own re-fronting and see how it turns out.

[FUBAR]

Re-fronting, re-backing, how about re-valuating.. its the ole six of one, half a dozen of the other ... doesn't matter what you call it....

why would someone do this?? well Kevin claims it takes 8 hours to do this properly... anyone else here make 100k in 8 hours??? or even 1 k in eight hours?? there is your answer!

[onlychild]

There is no way,unless you are a pro like Kevin,that you could "build" an example that could fool everyone,IMO.

HA! I'm the village idiot, so I imagine there are plenty more out there that can do this. I just happened to stumble upon the technique by accident while doing some experiments that many would consider unthinkable.

I've always been under the impression that cards are just a single piece of cardboard with ink...and if it was done once it could be done again.

I was dumbfounded at an earlier post where Kevin said he offered to show PSA graders a few "tips",free of charge,and was declined!!

Yep, it was free and I only live about 30 miles away. I wasn't planning on showing them tips, I was going to give them step by step instructions along with the formulas and how to's. Then they would know exactly what to look for, since it's not always black and white. Was also going show them security concerns with their flips, which as predicted, is now a big problem.

[T206DK]

We'll see how my attempts turn out. I've already done the color removal experiments that Kevin has tried on his website and they have worked to varying degrees. I did that about 4 -5 years ago just out of curiousity. I don't consider myself a card doctor at all, but I do have some experience in restoring historical documents and things of that nature. I have just transferred the knowledge to baseball cards.
the cards I use would not be considered keepers by most, and I've never tried to sneak anything by a grading company or sell to anyone.

[tedzan]

Dave, regarding your......
"I think these types of alterations can be done by anyone with the time and materials. I am going to try to do
my own re-fronting and see how it turns out."

Here's my suggestion to you....re-front a UZIT back with a Red Cobb....it's an impossible F/B combo, but does
that really matter anymore ?


Anyhow, here's my example......





..Hey guys, we need a laugh and I thought this card might evoke it....after all, Cobb is quoted as saying....

"Baseball was like War"..


TED Z

[ScottFandango]

Originally Posted by onlychild

HA! I'm the village idiot, so I imagine there are plenty more out there that can do this. I just happened to stumble upon the technique by accident while doing some experiments that many would consider unthinkable.

I've always been under the impression that cards are just a single piece of cardboard with ink...and if it was done once it could be done again.



Yep, it was free and I only live about 30 miles away. I wasn't planning on showing them tips, I was going to give them step by step instructions along with the formulas and how to's. Then they would know exactly what to look for, since it's not always black and white. Was also going show them security concerns with their flips, which as predicted, is now a big problem.

cant PSA/SGC just go to your website?

just wondering, i looked at you site, amazing! if i was a deceitful, lying thief, i would LOVE YOUR SITE for the Info it gave me to be bad!