T206 Freaks Beware

Chris was the Ames w/Cobb a Cobb red port. on the back? If so I almost did a trade at the Balt.2010 nationals. It was slabbed as an A by SGC. I was concerened with the Cobb port. having a dot matrix and took it over to SGC and was told that it was an A because the Cobb was not an authentic ghost and this made the card altered. My $5.99 loupe has saved me a lot of $, but learning how to identify these issues came from a lot of reading the board.

[tbob]

I collect E98s and used to have a couple of Old Put printing stamps on the back of some but now I wouldn't touch an Old Put card with a ten foot pole after a fellow collector showed me a fake he made which looked identical to the ones I have seen.

Another thing which isn't really being mentioned is the seller on ebay who sells slabbed T206s with red backgrounds and never mentions the color variation anywhere but the scan looks very, very orange and then when you get the actual card it is a red background just like the rest. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice......

[Runscott]

It's so easy to create scans of real T206's with backs of real T206s overlaid, it isn't even funny. I once overlaid a black and white T206 Cy Young portrait over a real Piedmont back that would have fooled anyone. Creating the actual card is another thing, but the scammers are only concerned about your paying, based on their crafty scan.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by tbob

Another thing which isn't really being mentioned is the seller on ebay who sells slabbed T206s with red backgrounds and never mentions the color variation anywhere but the scan looks very, very orange and then when you get the actual card it is a red background just like the rest. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice......

I have noticed this with Brown Old Mill backs. There was a scan I saw recently that I was sure was brown, but looking closer I realized the edge of the card looked a bit red. So I took it into Photoshop and removed some of the reddish tint when I got the edges to more of a natural tone the back ink was now black.