T206 1/1

[oldeboo]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Personally I think it's a load of crap! They ruined a perfectly good T206. But not surprising as this is the current state of the hobby...overpriced packs containing intentionally engineered "rarities." It's the lottery/stock market baseball card model.

I'm sure that's the general consensus on a forum like this. I didn't exactly have an issue with cards being encased as a chase card, as long as there was no damage. Actually, in small quantities it could maybe help bring some collectors into the pre-war part of the hobby.

With damaging cards like this, my fear is eventually parallel sets are made: /1 /5 /10 /25 etc where people will be trying to put together complete sets that are stamped

[Casey2296]

Same price as a centered PSA 4 1941 Play Ball DiMaggio with good color. Pretty easy decision for me.

[Ronnie73]

Purposefully made rarities are something I'm not a fan of, unless I can purchase it for what it's true value is. I forget where I was but recently I purchased a 1 of 1 for $5. Probably exactly what it was truly worth. Now all I have to do is have it graded by BVG and list it for a quarter million and then buy a house with the profits. It's a great little side hustle.

[toledo_mudhen]

I would question the sanity of anyone that purchases that "thing" for anywhere close to 3K

[Tao_Moko]

Way to go Topps. Butcher your own cards and leave ones you never produced alone. This card now has less value based on every grading metric that exists.

[CobbSpikedMe]

I can't believe they actually stamped the card like this. And on the front of the card no less. Why not the back at the very least and leave the front clean? What a disaster!

[chriskim]

It will get a PSA1(MK)

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by toledo_mudhen

I would question the sanity of anyone that purchases that "thing" for anywhere close to 3K

Really? Considering the ungodly amounts people pay for modern cards printed earlier this morning, that card seems like a deal.

[xplainer]

What they have done is ruin a classic card. Common or not.
I have thought long and hard about it and I can't find a reason why I would agree that this was a good idea.

I guess you could do this to any set. Gold stamp it 1/1 and it instantly becomes that. 75 Brett, Yount, etc.
But leave the pre war cards (especially the T206) alone.

[packs]

Originally Posted by xplainer

What they have done is ruin a classic card. Common or not.
I have thought long and hard about it and I can't find a reason why I would agree that this was a good idea.

I guess you could do this to any set. Gold stamp it 1/1 and it instantly becomes that. 75 Brett, Yount, etc.
But leave the pre war cards (especially the T206) alone.

But has it been ruined or just repacked? This board is always talking about the future of the hobby and the future of vintage. Paddy Livingstone can do a lot more for that future as a stamped 1/1 inside a modern product than it can as a low-grade common that means nothing to a lot of people.

If you're interested in the future, this is how the future learns these cards even exist.