T206 1/1

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Why couldn't they have just put the cards in those custom card sized holders like they did with the other buybacks and just stamped the cardboard holder instead of the actual card? I don't get it.

Because all the cards in this set were minis; the packs look like cigarette packs. Oversized cards would stick out immediately and be searchable.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Because all the cards in this set were minis; the packs look like cigarette packs. Oversized cards would stick out immediately and be searchable.

Thanks for clarifying John. I didn't know that. Cool idea to have packs the size of old cigarette packs and only have minis in the set. But stamping an original T206 is just not right.

[Tao_Moko]

They're not even 1/1's. The stamp doesn't change that the card has thousands of examples that exist.

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

They're not even 1/1's. The stamp doesn't change that the card has thousands of examples that exist.

#this

[swarmee]

Well, they're considered stamped buybacks. Of course there are thousands of these cards that are unstamped. But Topps included these as a chase insert in a set which sold 20,000+ packs at $15 each. They might have only inserted 10-20 original T206s with these 1/1 stamps in the entire print run. So it might have taken opening 1000 packs in order to get one of these. It doesn't make it worth thousands, but I could easily see them selling for 5-10x what a regular common in VG shape would cost.
1/1 stamped cards in this release made a couple of weeks ago are selling for $500 each. Many of these collectors have never held a T206. But the ones that get a real T206 card in their packs may sell it, or it may become the first of many in their collection.

[packs]

Still looks like its just commons. If it's strictly commons, this is pretty decent way to introduce young or new collectors to vintage. A Paddy Livingstone T206 would be something a lot of young collectors have never seen or held. Imagine being 9 and pulling that? I'd be stunned and don't think I'd be able to put it down.

[Natswin2019]

Originally Posted by packs

Still looks like its just commons. If it's strictly commons, this is pretty decent way to introduce young or new collectors to vintage. A Paddy Livingstone T206 would be something a lot of young collectors have never seen or held. Imagine being 9 and pulling that? I'd be stunned and don't think I'd be able to put it down.

Honestly I agree with this. If I was a kid and I pulled something like this I'd be over the moon. Even now, If I pulled something like that I'd be pretty stoked. I think it's a great way to introduce a new group of collectors to vintage and pre war cards.