Signed T206 Bender

Originally Posted by t206hound

Isn't the simplest solution (at this point) for a prospective buyer to call up JSA to inquire about this letter and the corresponding item?

in the BST post there was someone who said they had called Spence's office about this but was awaiting a return call.

[terjung]

From JSA's website...

[D. Bergin]

Looks like a standard Spence Auction House LOA to me.

I've got a couple from a Huggins & Scott Auction from 2007 that look just like that one.

No pictures or anything. Just date of the auction and description of lot on Spence stationary.

[T206Collector]

...I'm less concerned about the quality of the cert, which is as you explained, pretty standard for an auction house cert.

What I'd like to see is evidence of the Feb 2005 auction from which this purportedly came from...

[D. Bergin]

Yeah, I can't find it either. Did Mastro have smaller weekly auctions back then, like Heritage does? I can't remember.

Maybe got wiped away in the transfer to Legendary.

[T206Collector]

There was a Feb. 14, 2005 Mastronet Classic Collector Auction. I do not think they had another auction until April 2005. The dates don't line up, and I can't find the Bender in the Feb. 14 auction.

[Lordstan]

I have to say that the wording in the letter is unusual. I don't think I have any other Spence certs in my collection, so may be it's consistant.
In the cert it says "Includes LOA from James Spence." Now why would James Spence put this in his own COA?
Also it lists "Certification: NM." What does this mean? Is it the sig or the card, neither of whch would be considered near-mint?
Do all Spence Certs have this same wording?

If not, you put this together with being unable to find the auction lot listed anywhere brings this card very much into suspicion.

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Yeah, I can't find it either. Did Mastro have smaller weekly auctions back then, like Heritage does? I can't remember.

Maybe got wiped away in the transfer to Legendary.

From what I read they did 3 auctions a yr?? Not to say there was not weekly or monthly, but every search avenue tried fails to link a bender T206 auto. This card is a big deal. Even 5-6 yrs a go it would have been somewhat high profile right.

The december Mastronet auction didn't have it either. Just a link that mentioned the auction.
http://www.sportsantiques.com/Mastro12_05P1.htm

[vintagecpa]

Just my 2 cents since I have absolutely no idea how these auctions work. Is it possible the card was originally scheduled to be sold at the specified auction, but sometime between the issued certification and the auction, the owner or the auction house pulled the card off the auction and placed another item in the lot #? Just a thought.