Rare T206 Tinker on E-bay???

[Piratedogcardshows]

No way that was done by a press.It looks like a 7 year old just playing with his cards with a pen.

[cfc1909]

Just for comparison

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[Tim Kindler]

obuckeyenut must really be Jim Tressel looking to earn some money that he'll need to pay some NCAA fines!

[Tsaiko]

Yep, that doesn't even match the darker uniform lettering, like I thought it might.

The Chicago underneath seems to match waay better, which would be rare enough, so why bother doctoring a card that is already rare, unless you're totally clueless?

Oh well, my imagination was sparked for a few seconds anyway.

[ChiefBenderForever]

Well he thinks it's good, since he asked I let him know others thought it might be written with fountain pen and didn't think it was good, I advised he get it graded by psa or sgc asap to see what they think since he thinks it is legit. His response was-

All of the Tinker Hands on Knees cards have CUBS written across the chest. So there for it was not written with fountain pen.

[wonkaticket]

Jon,

Same kid back in 1909 must have done my E95 example too...somebody was busy during class...



Cheers,

John

P.S. If anyone has that Doyle I would love to make an offer to have him with the Hoffman I think would be cool.

[T206Collector]

Can someone tell me why they think there isn't an underlying "CHICAGO"

Tsaiko said: "Isn't that Cubs lettering way too dark for the uniform? The Chicago underneath is about the right shade for the uniform, but the Cubs?? No way."

...but nobody disputes the Cubs lettering is real.

Then T206Fiend said: "No way that was done by a press.It looks like a 7 year old just playing with his cards with a pen."

...but here I agree with what Tsaiko said, i.e., that the Chicago underneath is about the right shade and style for the uniform.

Isn't it possible that that was from the original photo, and that most Tinkers have that part erased before the printer would place the brown CUBS on top?

I just don't see it as obviously fake, guys. Maybe a well done fake -- given it is not slabbed, etc. -- but not obvious to me at all.

[steve B]

It's an interesting card either way.

I asked if I could get a high res scan, almost at the exact time the listing was ended. Hopefuly he'll send one.

Steve B