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Posted By: Tony Galovich
a Ray Lumbert in Michigan just closed a deal & purchase a T-206 Honus Wagner card |
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Posted By: Vincent
I feel for the individual who paid $50,000 for the rights to fully own this "card". Certainly suspicious. The difficulty in getting it authenticated ? Perhaps by the auction date, but for an item of this significance, I'd be willing to wait. So why the hurried sale ? And use of a small, local market auction house? But given that the full owner is a "dealer", I'll cut him alittle less slack, since he should know better. I don't know if the card met the reserve. I'll update this post, if I find out more. |
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Posted By: boxingcardman
But I definitely mind that they think the rest of us are stupid too... |
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Posted By: davidcycle
It is the press that falls for these stories (which is why they are stories). Sometimes a newspaper's knowledge level about T206 Wagners authenticity is on the the level of the most naive eBayer. Makes you wonder if the naivete is similar in other areas of reporting, like legal coverage, the legislature, foreign affairs, science and medicine. |
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Posted By: Brian E.
It looks like the paper states the auction was to occur on Sunday. I wonder how much it sold for. |
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Posted By: Rob Dewolf
As someone who works at a newspaper, I cringe when I see stories like this in print, let alone stripped across the top of a section. It would not have been that tough, especially with the Internet, to find an expert in the field who could have explained to the reporter why this card isn't legitimate. |
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Posted By: Dave
well if you missed out on this Wagner, you can still get the one on Ebay that someones "granfather" carried in his wallet for years...LOL. |
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Posted By: barrysloate
I like the line "he tried to find a dealer to look at the card, only to get the brush off." |
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Posted By: MVSNYC
davidcycle- |
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Posted By: TONY
I just sent a email to Mr loew who wrote this joke article |
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Posted By: davidcycle
Some questions include: |
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Posted By: Eric B
Hey guys, |
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Posted By: davidcycle
http://www.cycleback.com/baseballcards |
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Posted By: Eric B
I'm sure the story was picked up by an editor and given to a reporter to run with for the next day's edition since it involved a local collector. And several papers ran similar stories. |
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Posted By: davidcycle
Actually, as T206 Wagner real and fake sales are regularly in the news, I am planning on having a long article about the card including pics and specific details. |
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Posted By: MW
<< Makes you wonder if the naivete is similar in other areas of reporting, like legal coverage, the legislature, foreign affairs, science and medicine. >> |
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Posted By: Marc
Personally, I'm sick of these people who are attempting to cheat the hobby. At the very least, legal reproductions of these cards should be outlawed to HELP fight this growing problem. |
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Posted By: davidcycle
The funny thing is that far from investigating anything, these types of stories promote the activity. This reporter unquestioningly repeats what the sellers told him, then tells readers where to go to place bids. Past high sales and golden valuations are peppered throughout. Tell me the difference between this article and an ad. |
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Posted By: mabjae
The latest from the Web site of WILX-TV 10: |
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Posted By: barrysloate
I'll have to go through my Sovereign backs inventory and see if I have any Wagners. |
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Posted By: Eric B
Dammit. I know it's Sweet Caporal but wasn't paying attention to what I was writing once I started with the "S". But I was referring the reporter to this Board for some experts anyway since I wasn't qualified. |
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Posted By: barrysloate
Eric- Piedmont 150's are pretty rare also. There are maybe two known. |
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Posted By: Eric B
I knew there weren't many. But they changed it on the website a couple minutes ago. |
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Posted By: dan mckee
I would by a raw Wagner that I could hold first before I would by a graded one from any grading service. |
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Posted By: leon
I am not even registered with A-OK Auctions.....crap.... |
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Posted By: davidcycle
So says the tv report: "The card went up for auction on Sunday ... Lumbert is still trying to have the card examined for authenticity." Doesn't a reporter detect a problem in this chronology? The auction is over and the owner has yet to find someone to tell him if it's authentic. Even if you've never collected, wouldn't you think it would be normal procedure to have something examined for authenticity before rather than after the auction? |
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Posted By: Rob Dewolf
I'll qualify this by saying that as a former member of the print media, I'm biased, but in my opinion local television is to news reporting what Coach's Corner is to autographed memorabilia. |
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