T206 Nodgrass Variation

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Posted By: Jim Rivera 

Any information on this card needed~

Does this card only come in the batting pose?
Does it exist with more than one back advertisement?
Can a players name be erased and the card still pass PSA grading service?
Any information would be a great help.
Anyone liking a scan of the card I am questioning please email
stemmers37@att.net
Thank you
Jim Rivera(cfc1909)

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Posted By: Brian Weisner

Hi Jim
The answer to all of your questions is

YES.
Some are real and some are altered, so unless your certain steer clear. Be well Brian

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Posted By: Marc S.

I would not consider purchasing a Nodgrass variation in the current environment unless:

a) you can personally view the card and examinate it closely under lighted loupe under a variation of angles, etc.

b) if you cannot view it personally beforehand, I would only consider purchasing it if it has at least part of the "S" still present. Of all the altered ones I have seen personally or through scans -- the "S" has been completely missing each time. Many of the authentic examples have at least a portion of the "S" still present -- usually the top left if memory serves me correctly. I have not encountered an altered example that has any portion of the "S" still there. There are authentic one(s) without any portion of the S, but I would be extremely wary of any such examples unless you could personally view them and convince yourself (And hopefully other experts) that it is authentic and unaltered.

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Posted By: runscott

If a "nodgrass" with a partial "S" is not appealing, then why would a "nodgrass" with no "S" be much more appealing? i.e.- think about how this "problem" occurred and then you might not be so interested in adding the card to your collection.

But it's all just a matter of personal taste - I like the printer's scrap cards, but others on this board consider them to have the same value as did the printers back in 1909 who tossed them in the can.

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Posted By: Dan Mckee

Your only mistake is "under a loop" this will show nothing. The fakes look great 10X magnified, you can only see the work when you hold them under a regular light bulb and about a foot away from you and tilt it slightly. You will then see a small round dull spot where the "S" was removed. I have owned 4 REAL ones in my 34 years, ALL had a part of the right side of the "S" still present. That statement was on the money! Dan.

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Posted By: Dan Mckee

Oops! Absolutely only the batting pose exists! Bob Lemke has removed the catching pose from the catalog. No one I know has ever seen a catching pose Nodgrass prior to the late 1990's.