New to the T206 club with 308 cards no Idea...

[Scott3Boy]

I never expected to be pounced on like this... DAMN.... way to be skeptics!! I am just looking for some help identifying these... I got them yesterday and my wife and I spent HOURS listing and taking photos of them.... Trust me I was praying the Wagner would be in there.... These cards are not it great shape.... I expected a little more respect, even being new here, but you guys treat everyone like this? I have taken scans of these here... I am sorry about the lack of proper grammar and spelling, I am just a little too excited!!

Here is a link to my scans of the Cy Young

http://gallery.me.com/baker.scott#10...lack&view=grid

[milkit1]

when did sweet caporal have blue backs?

[ChiefBenderForever]

If you bought those go get your money back asap they are not real.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by milkit1

when did sweet caporal have blue backs?

Beat me to it!

[Scott3Boy]

I am uploading the rest of the pics... If they are reprints I am not out much... what are the biggest indicators for future ref?

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Scott3Boy

I am uploading the rest of the pics... If they are reprints I am not out much... what are the biggest indicators for future ref?

I saw the rest of your pics. All fakes. Likewise, Sovereigns do not have blue backs either.

I believe your story. I really don't think a scammer is going to take time to scan all those cards, front and back.

[Leon]

I absolutely believe the original poster was just posting to show his great find. Unfortunately, they are all fakes. Forget that they were on Craigslist (ok, so that is about 99.9% proof enough...but there was still a .01% chance they were real)....and see the explanations why they are not real. Some of them are just wrong color, some are obvious (well, up close all will be obvious) and some might actually look real but won't be. The paper will be wrong, the printing will be wrong, the feel will be wrong....and so forth. best regards

[Matthew H]

Don't take the comments posted personally. Every one here is just a little burnt out on all the fraud plaguing the hobby. Stick around and I promise you'll find friends here.

BTW, it is a great time to get back into the hobby. You will find a lot of great deals out there in this buyers market. I'd just advise against craigslist.

[ctownboy]

Just from the first pictures posted in this thread, I was suspicious.

The Cy Young cards in the sleeves looked thin and wavy. Taking into account these cards were ALL of the SAME players with the SAME backs, plus the thin, wavy stock AND Craig's List plus "old man selling these" story, my guess is these were cut out of a book. Something like a Scholastic elementary school book about old baseball cards.

So, no matter HOW much you paid for them, take the cards back to the seller, demand a refund and then report this person to Craig's List and the local police department. Fakes are fakes and every time a seller gets away with profiting from selling them, it just makes them want to try it again.

Thus, every time a new person to the hobby gets burned, it means one less possible collector in the future and it means REAL cards are devalued because no one wants to take a chance on buying them, even IF they are real.

David

[rdixon1208]

Originally Posted by Scott3Boy

I am just looking for some help identifying these...

Reprints

[iggyman]

Scott,

The T206 Cy Young cards are all reprints. Sorry about that..........hopefully you can somehow get your money back.

[e107collector]

The scans of the Cy Youngs prove they are all fakes.

Problem #1 - No such thing as a blue back sweet caporal.

Problem #2 - All the Cy Young portraits have the exact same centering on the front & back of the cards.

Red flags all over. I hope you didn't purchase these.

Tony