What do you guys make of this one???

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Posted By: T-Hunter

http://cgi.ebay.com/T-206-RARE-GHOST-OVERPRINT-Honus-Wagner_W0QQitemZ5228183514QQcategoryZ86840QQssPage NameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Posted By: Sean Coe

Perhaps I lack imagination, but I see a ..stain not Honus Wagner. The ghost of P.T. Barnum is smiling at this one.

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Posted By: Chris

Looks like a water spot or stain of some sort but not a "ghost image". This has become the latest rage in sport card collecting. It's like opening up a bag of lays and finding a chip that looks like Jay Leno, come on.

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Posted By: Charlie

It's hard to see from the scans but it appears to be a partial image of the player on the front.

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Posted By: Scott Forrest

This is just a wet sheet card - same guy on back as on the front.

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Posted By: T-Hunter

That is definately not a bleed-through.
You can look at the hair and tell that it is a different player.
You can also see a red hue behind the player, like a background.
I can definately see the players eyes, hair and collar.

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Posted By: Mike P.

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Posted By: brian p

Didn't have a chance to actually check, but isn't this card from the same seller that last year had the Jesus in the toast?

Brian

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Posted By: Chris

Looking at the scans provided it looks like Kid Elberfeld's hair. I still say
this is just crazy to collect, but to each his own.

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Posted By: Brian Weisner

Ghost of Wagner? Not! There are only 2-3 Wagners known with Piedmont backs and none of them were ever inserted into packs. This is merely a wet sheet that wasn't stacked perfectly on top, so there may be a different player on the back. Besides, Wagner was never on a sheet with a Minor Leauger, so even the thought of this being Wagner is comical.


Be well Brian

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

back as front. Wet sheet. Charlie is the winner................

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Posted By: Scott Forrest

no doubt in my mind that the ghost is the same guy on the front.

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Posted By: Robert {Bigb13}

OK guys I was the one who won this card, even if it is the same player on the back it is an unusal  card don't you think? Rob

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Posted By: joe brennan

"I had the right to remain silent. I just didn't have the ability" Ron White

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

People have seen an image of the Virgin Mary on toast so seeing Honus Wagner on the back of a T206 doesn't surprise me... sometimes people see what they want to see...

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Posted By: brian p

Was it the Virgin Mary? Dang if I didn't think it was the Son of God, which would command more in the marketplace, Jesus being the Babe Ruth of the vintage biblical collecting world.

Brian

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Posted By: Josh K.

frankly, this type of "ghost" image doesnt do anything for me (ie background color from a wet sheet or bleed through). Everyone wants to call these ghost images, but I dont think they are.

To me, these are true ghost images (not mine):

http://www.t206museum.com/page/ra_ghost_back.html

http://www.t206museum.com/page/ra_ghost_back_field.html

http://www.t206museum.com/page/ra_ghost_mullen.html

http://www.t206museum.com/page/ra_ghost_laporte.html