Real or Fake?! Mathewson & McGraw (If You Have a Heart Then Help PLEASE)

[Paul S]

Colby, There are some collectors who sometimes get very excited about the stamp (and writing) on the back of a card, such as your portrait. Probably sounds nuts to you if you're just getting into this, but true. No wonder this is all seems overwheming.

[Bpm0014]

Not here to argue at all. If you re-read my post, I was giving him a starting point on the very very basics of a T206 card (ie borders, dot patterns, brown ink, deep rich colors, etc). It was not a complete and end-all doctrine on how to spot a reprint. Many people here should be honored that people come to them for advice, whether its cards, autographs, etc. I have definitely used Google, yes. The poor guy was simply coming here for advice, and although I'm not an expert, I'll always be more than happy to help out in any way that I can. He simply questioned how we knew because (hopefully) he wanted to become better educated. I'm fairly young and only started collecting the T206s within the last couple years so I know how intimidating it can be at first.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

Not here to argue at all. If you re-read my post, ......

Brendan, I read your post thoroughly the first time, and it started with "I disagree completely" - that is a phrase that frequently precedes an argument; however, all I did was respond to your statement.

I don't see anything wrong with my response, other than it is in disagreement with what you think. That happens frequently on discussion boards. Repeating ourselves doesn't really do much good in such instances.