Newbie needing info

[travrosty]

The answer is no you cannot buy them and feel safe that they are authentic.

They tend to buy documents on the cheap to cut up and put on the cards.
You get what they pay for.

And the buyer is usually charged way more than what they are worth (if they are real) based on the 1/1 nonsense that the seller tries to convince people of.

From Upper Deck.

Do these look good?

[bender07]

Originally Posted by travrosty

The answer is no you cannot buy them and feel safe that they are authentic.

They tend to buy documents on the cheap to cut up and put on the cards.
You get what they pay for.

And the buyer is usually charged way more than what they are worth (if they are real) based on the 1/1 nonsense that the seller tries to convince people of.

From Upper Deck.

Do these look good?

And there's your answer

[RichardSimon]

I have a very large number of people on my mailing list who are autograph collectors. I get want lists from them regularly. Never once has anyone of them asked me for one of those type of cards.

Those cards are for gamblers, not serious collectors. You buy it at some ridiculous price and hope you can find someone stupid enough to pay you more for it. It is called the greater fool theory.

ps. thanks for the plug Steve, the check is in the mail .

[drumback]

Thanks for the responses. That was about what I expected. Can anyone recommend legitimate dealers who might have what I am looking for? I have checked Richard's website, and although he has an impressive list of autographs, I didn't see any deadball era players.

Mark