T206 blank backs

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Posted By: Dave

With all the talk lately about the differant backs, just how rare are the blank backs? I see them now and then on ebay, but I've always thought these were cards that had a much higher chance of being fakes...no premiums for such either?

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Posted By: Trae R.

Dave they definitely carry a premium. 6-10x would be a safe assumption I believe.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160004595446
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8829271784

I wish those listings had photos, but they don't. One sold in B/S/T last week for $300 I think... a G condition common.

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Posted By: Dave

So a blank back....ungraded....bigger risk that it could be fake or would most that doctor up a card not bother doing so with blank backs? Just seems they would be alot easier to forge...only having to worry about getting the front of a card right.

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Posted By: robert a

Blank backs on t206 are pretty darn rare. There are both blanked back cards that appear to be hand cut and also cards that appear to be factory cut.

The SL blank back that Trae posted a link to is more uncommon than a non SL t206.

I don't think they have a higher chance of being fake. You just have to look for the same signs of a reprint.

That being said, I've never seen a t206 reprint with a blank back.


Rob

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Posted By: Trae R.

Thank you, Robert. I agree.

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Posted By: robert a

How's it going Trae?

This one actually has a diamond cut. Most likely part of a test run or some kind of printer's scrap. If I was a printer, I probably would've taken a few home.

I would guess that there were printer's scrap sheets that might've been cut later (out of the factory) and scrap that went a step further and were factory cut like this one.

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Posted By: Dave

May be a stupid question..but a card advertised as a blank back, with obvious removal spots from an album....what would the chances be of totally taking off a thin enough layer of the back of a card and it being passed as a blank back?

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Posted By: robert a

It can be done Dave. I would stay away from a card like that.

That's how people reback t206 as well.

Rob

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Posted By: MVSNYC

i saw that blank back on eBay a few days ago, not the prettiest, but it looks authentic, i might chase it.

blank backs are pretty tuff, you hardly see them.

MS

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Posted By: Dave

Yes....thats the one I'm talking about....although it may be worth having...I don't think you'll have to worry about me on that card.

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Posted By: MVSNYC

wish it didn't have the tape marks, but oh well...it's pretty tuff to come across them...we'll see how it goes.

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Posted By: Despres Louis

Scan of the Lipe mentioned above.

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Funny... they must have had a problem with the yellow portrait Chance cards.

Here is ANOTHER blank backed one!

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Posted By: robert

Louis,

You are the T206 back master!


Hal,

Isn't the yellow chance one of Scot Reader's "superprints?"

They're as common as 1990 Bowman.

Rob

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Posted By: Scot Reader

Robert,
Not quite as common as 1990 Bowman. I would say more 1987 Topps.
Scot

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Posted By: MVSNYC

i was one of the underbidders on the Lipe...darn.