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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: hankron
This thread is for each board member to give at least one widely held baseball (or sport) memorabilia fact, assumption or story that is incorrect (ala "The T206 Honus Wagner is the rarest baseball card"). The fact or assumption can be big or small. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Hal Lewis
All cards are graded equally, regardless of who submits them. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: jay behrens
After the great t207 articles, we can now safely say that Lowdermilk, Lewis and Miller are no longer the Big 3 of the t207 set. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: hankron
Common incorrect terminology: "1909 Ty Cobb Wirephoto," "1919 Joe Jackson Wirephoto," "1920 New York Yankees Wirephoto" |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Judge Dred
The N162 set contains Dunlap. The standard catalog lists Dunlap on two different teams, Detroit and Pittsburgh. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: john/z28jd
If you put a whole t206 set together in one pile it doesnt transform into 'the Monster' and create havoc in big cities like NY and Tokyo.Sadly i learned this the hard expensive way |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Jeff S
A Certificate of Authenticity is exactly that -- a certificate that attests to the authenticity of the signature at the bottom of the certificate of authenticity. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: jay behrens
LOL, yeah, I've always told people that COAs are worth about as much as the paper they are printed on. Anyone can create a COA that's jsut as worthless as the sig they are trying to pass off. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: jack goodman
How about "my mother threw my cards away." The real story is that we discovered the opposite sex, didn't care about the cards anymore and lost track of them. Mom was just cleaning up like she always did. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Scott
If a dealer sees Julie coming, they change their price-tags to reflect a temporary doubling of market value. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Julie Vognar
(MM says we don't KNOW who took many Colgans photos.) |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Scott
But never "Assume", unless you are assuming that I'm one of the good guys (which is true). I really do think you should create a web-site - I would be a frequent visitor and participate in any wild internet-based vintage activities you dreamed up. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Scott Elkins
that the E92 Nadja St. Louis cards are scarcer than the regulars (you see around 5-7 St. Louis Nadjas for every one "other" team card). Also, that the Nadja's are scarcer than ALL the other E92 issues! |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: leon
Chase is in the HOF |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Misunderestimated
-->> That Hal Chase is in the Hall of Fame (he is probably the last player that would ever be chosen); |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Mike
That 1914 Cracker Jacks were only found in the boxes of Cracker Jack. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Ben
That every card on collector websites are always available for sale, even if there is no price listed, and all you have to do is email them saying something like "how much for the n162 kelly" and POOF! The card is sold, packaged, mailed, and on your front doorstep that week. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Robert A
All cards with blank backs must be proofs...and |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Sean Coe
Babe Ruth is a RARE signature. The number of authentic Ruth sigs will never equal the demand but that's not the same thing. King Kelly-now that's RARE! |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: DD
#1 cards in some sets are rarer in high grade because of the majority of them being damaged by rubber bands. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: hankron
That there's a knowable answer to every question: |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: tbob
That if you have just purchased several cards from and paid a lot of money to a seller, you need not worry about getting outbid by them on some other item you really want on ebay when they see that it is you, ye olde loyal customer, bidding. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: John Spencer
That Joe Jackson's rookie card is the T210 Old Mill Southern League when in fact it is the E90-1 American Caramel. As the story goes, Connie Mack was not very impressed with Joe and so after a short stay with the A's, he sent him down to the minors and as they say the rest is history. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Gilbert Maines
A misconception which I had, before my disillusionment, was that the terms used for card gradig had any relevance to the actual condition of the card. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Gary B.
That if you ask a quesion about a current vintage card auction on ebay to this board, you'll suddenly have more competition since more people's attention will be called to that auction. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: hankron
Personal sentimental value translates to financial value (or, that everything that is good and worthwhile is translatable into cold hard cash). |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Glen V
That if you get the expensive card from your want list, you can stop buying cards for a while. (The once was a time when my wife believed this - now she just laughs and says "yeah right".) |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: tbob
That the Minnesota Vikings will win a Super Bowl in this millenium |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Julie
If you just MENTION a card you have, or send someone a scan (with the accompanying words "this isn't for sale; I just thought you'd like to see it")--all you want is a price, and it belongs to the other guy/. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Julie
that the preservation of these 1914 Cracker Jacks, probably in a compnay envelope, certainly not removed from boxes of caramel corn--is an exception, rather than the rule. In fact, it may have only happened once (or twice). So, can you really say that "All 1914 Cracker Jacks are NOT found in boxes of Cracker Jack"?" |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Pcelli60
That ALL people that buy and sell cards of any era truly love the game of baseball.. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Gilbert Maines
Fallacy: |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Gilbert Maines
Notion: |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: tbob
Grading companies pay absolutely no attention to who the person or company is submitting cards for grading. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: hankron
Fallacy: The worth of a trading card or piece of memorabilia is based on how much it sells for or how much it 'books.' That items that sell for more are inherently better than the items that sell for much less. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Hal Lewis
Trophy Bob: |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: tbob
D'oh! |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: dennis
That all slabbed cards graded 9 & 10 have not been trimmed. That roger maris is in the hall of fame. That shill bidding only happens on ebay auctions. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Anonymous
..that dealers will always sell cards/inventory at a huge discount in the final hours of a show. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: jay behrens
the rarity of a card is not related to how often you see the card offered in for sale or in auctions. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: jay behrens
I found a number of good deals at the end of shows, but the best deals were in show cases and display tiems that dealers did not want to have to ship back to where ever. I used to pick up new showcases at the Labor Day show in SF every year this way. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: warshawlaw
Do NOT increase hits as they decrease. The opposite is true. It is physics: A ball thrown at the same speed travels 50 feet in about 16.67% less time time than it travels 60 feet. Hitting is about timing the ball and deciding what to do with it. The shorter the distance from release to plate, the less reaction time the hitter has. The less reaction time, the less chance the hitter has. |
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Common Hobby Assumptions That are Wrong
Posted By: Julie
To give the hitter a better chance...50' to 60'6". More time. |
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