Hobby Myths Most Accept as True

[egbeachley]

Originally Posted by egbeachley

Myth: Coupon backed T206's were correctly given their own ACC designation.

Wait, I may need to correct my own post. The OP is asking for myths that most accept as true.

[Al C.risafulli]

1938 Goudey second series are more difficult to obtain than the first series.
Henry Johnson Confectioners cards are W575-1s.

-Al

[Fred]

N162 Dunlap showing him on Detroit.

The stereotype that all collectors are "weird" or "nerds". That only applies to the other 99% of collectors I know.

[FUBAR]

Not really a card, but how about Babe Ruth's "called shot" recently immortalized in Mcfarlane figurines....

[onlychild]

From the alteration side:


Cards are micro-trimmed with lasers.
Cards can be stretched.
Cards are rebacked (they are typically refronted or spliced together)

[matty39]

that Ferguson Bakery BF2s were distributed by Ferguson Bakery. The large "prize pennants" were given away as premiums by Ferguson, but there is no proof that the smaller pennants were from Ferguson.

[Browncow75]

Myth - you have to spend tens of thousands of $ to have a respectable collection in the vintage community. Maybe just my opinion, but I dont think you do!

[bcornell]

Originally Posted by FUBAR

Not really a card, but how about Babe Ruth's "called shot" recently immortalized in Mcfarlane figurines....

There was recently a New Yorker article profiling retiring Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens. How old is Stevens? Old enough that he was in attendance at that Cubs-Yankees WS game in 1932. He said he saw Ruth gesture to the outfield, but then misremembered where the ball was hit. Oops.

Here's the article online: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...fa_fact_toobin.


Bill

[mintacular]

Myth: Cards are worth Beckett book $'s...

[bcornell]

Originally Posted by mintacular

Myth: Cards are worth Beckett book $'s...

That's an easy one... any time someone quotes you 'book price', tell them "then go buy it from Beckett or SCD". I learned that line from SB1...


Bill

[benchod]

Myths I remember from the 1970's and '80s were the supposed scarcity of the 1967 Topps Brooks Robinson and 1970 Topps Bench

[bbcard1]

Kids have been priced out of the card market. It just failed to hold the interest of kids...many kids have more disposable income than many adults. The internet and PS and cel phones did more to take them out of the market...even in the 1980s, they didn't really want cheap cards once you got past the insanity where you could almost not open a pack and immediately sell the cards for at least a modest profit.