Super Rare Ty Cobb Tango Egg, the Myth

[dstudeba]

Good point Gary, SGC also refused to slab this Kotton of mine because they were worried it wouldn't survive the process.

[Griffins]

The Cobb is legit, and I strongly believe it is pre find. It has the same back stamp as the Oakes that I own, that John posted.
The more I research this set, the more I'm sure there are a lot more cards in it. It is my belief (although I don't have ironclad proof) that this is the same as the D303 set, with a different back printing. The cards in the find were the ones that weren't distributed, but Oakes, among others, were.
The Cobb that Dave owned has the same number stamp as the Oakes, and it makes me wonder if all the ones that were distributed were stamped numerically.
Frank, do you remember if your Jennings had a number stamped on the back?

[spacktrack]

As it was explained to me, PSA was concerned with the fragility of the card, not the authenticity. I'm not sure of PSA's protocol, but SGC required that a waiver be signed prior to encapsulation due to the fragile nature of the card.

[wonkaticket]

Nothing wrong with being skeptical.

The above Cobb is very cool! Not only is it a Cobb which has never been seen but talked about nonstop on these boards. But it actually seems to have the redemption stamp.

Only one other Tango that I’m aware of has that stamp is the Oakes above. It was sold in Heritage Auctions for around $800 not mentioning the stamp.

http://sports.ha.com/common/view_ite...3&Lot_No=43006

Then I think the card was flipped the next day for big money or so to another collector. So the Cobb should be a 10k card easily IMO. If nothing less to fill a check off a list if you’re doing a Tango set.

The stamps were either redemptions via Tango Eggs themselves or a local shop owner that had a redemption or stamping thing going on.

I would love to have both cards to compare in person like I did with the T206 overprints. But none the less Cobb with a stamp is very, very cool.

Cheers,

John

[Griffins]

John-
The Oakes was won by another board member in Heritage, he held onto it for 6 months before I was able to pry it away from him. Not really big money, but I think we were both ok with it. Frankly I was really shocked that Heritage didn't realize what they had and promote it- it is uncataloged and they should've noticed that.

[wonkaticket]

Anthony if it was more than $4.78 it's big money to me!

[Tcards-Please]

Originally Posted by spacktrack

As it was explained to me, PSA was concerned with the fragility of the card, not the authenticity. I'm not sure of PSA's protocol, but SGC required that a waiver be signed prior to encapsulation due to the fragile nature of the card.

I can vouch for that practice, but I wasn't originally offered to submit a waiver. I had submitted this raw Joe Jackson to SGC, only to be told that they were concerned that it could possibly be damaged (bottom corner) during their encapsulation process. I was a little disappointed, but wanting to have it encapsulated, I sent it to BVG. During one of SGC's appearances at a show, I was then offered that option and it now rests in a pretty nice looking frame

Before and after.

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Frank

[BCD]

Doug Allen sold me a Tango Tinker for $200 in 1999. Wonder if he still has a photo of it? A known Tango collector in LA has it now. I sold it to him as part of the most complete set known in spite of all the rumors about these cards over the years. And yes,there are several different ones in various low grades floating around that would have a POP of "one".

[oldjudge]

Looks like the card has ended up in the upcoming Goowin auction. Did the buyer actually take posession of the card or was it directly shipped to Bill? LOL