Goodwin is up

[milkit1]

I dont understand who they have working for them? This is a pretty easy one. I remember about two years ago The Tribune in Chicago put out a magazine about the Cubs showing a lot of the 1908 cubs. They had a team picture of the 08 cubs in which they only bothered to try to name half of them (and nearly every one was wrong).
In the case of this Tinker card, if someone assumes its frank chance why dont they take three seconds and look at the 1906-1910 cubs? Companies like this are making millions of dollars per auction yet know I have to double check every lot to make sure its not a completely different players then whom they say it is.

[barrysloate]

Why did SGC label it Frank Chance? Where is the quality control?

[Leon]

First of all this isn't meant as a slam against Bill Goodwin. I think he runs a fine auction and I have never had an issue with him or his auctions. He has gotten some wild prices before but I have never seen any definitive evidence that anything was awry. Each time I have had a question Bill has answered satisfactorily (for me). All that being said whoever wrote this on the Brunners card:

"but none of those examples carry the scarcity of the Butter Krust back"

is just wrong. It's like saying "the ultra rare Sweet Caporal backed T206's"

Both of those statements are similar. The Brunners (Butter Krust) are in fact the MOST COMMON backs in the set by far.

[E93]

Every example of the brown Old Mill I have seen is a significantly lighter shade of brown than even the brown Lenox. Even the brown Lenox, which is darker is obvious when lined up next to a black Lenox, but the brown Old Mills are very clear IMHO.
JimB

[Bicem]

I just like how "ink color" can lead to both a big debate and huge price differences. The crazy minds of collectors.

[glchen]

Originally Posted by Bicem

I just like how "ink color" can lead to both a big debate and huge price differences. The crazy minds of collectors.

Yea, I don't understand it either. Was it a difference in manufacturing process in why the colors are different? Or more like a print "error" issue like the Nodgrass where they just ran out of a certain ink or the stamping of the card was slightly different?

[M's_Fan]

On a positive note, I like how Goodwin has three separate watchlists: Winning, losing, and watching. And the winning list adds up your totals. This makes it very easy to keep track of things, I wish other auction houses did this (REA).

I'm with glchen and Bicem, I love T206's, and even different backs, but I don't give a crap about a slight difference in ink color, its pretty ridiculous to me, but whatever floats your boat.