t206 gai mint 9 eddie plank on ebay

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Posted By: dennis

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5221591288&category=106178&rd=1 very interesting 0 feedback,found mint in a box of cards,located in fiji.

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Posted By: Anonymous

I wonder if there is a GAI 9 Plank. The picture looks like some photo editing to me. Too bad GAI doesn't have an accessable pop report.

Brian

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Posted By: Seth B.

The huge, snow-white borders and the color mark it as a reprint. I think it's from a commonly found reprint series of Magee, Wagner, Plank with a short bio of the rare card on the back. You can find them often floating around in auctions. (Here's another, correctly identified: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5201571158&category=86841&rd=1 ).
A picture of the back would erase any lingering curiousity, but it is especially odd that it's not noted as a reprint on the GAI holster.

Seth

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Posted By: Alan

Of course it's fake. Even me (a novice) knows that. Can't the ebay people get this listing removed ?

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Posted By: barrysloate

I think the people at GAI should be made aware of this, since it clearly is a strike against their reputation. This is lawsuit territory.

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Gee, a zero feedback seller located in Fiji selling an obvious reprint of a ridiculously expensive card. Hmm..you pay with paypal, they take the funds out and then close the account...hmm....gee, do you think that is how this will work?

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Posted By: Anonymous

Good, it appears someone got it removed

Brian

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Posted By: deleted

Could one of you experts help this novice take note of these reprints on E-bay. I simply do not know what to look for on these scans to discern an original vs. a reproduction. Are you simply limited to graded cards? Surely not every seller on e-bay knows to have their cards graded? Any help from you guys would be greatly appreciated. I think I have been burned a lot here lately on E-bay. The 51 and 52 Mantles are confusing as heck too. Thanks in advance to anyone with some help.

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Posted By: jay behrens

when it comes to big ticket cards, stick to reputable sellers. It would seem that the scammers are getting a bit more sophisticated and photoshopping cards in slabs, so even slabbed cards aren't a safe bet on ebay anymore.

Jay

My place is full of valuable, worthless junk.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

unless it came from a dealer I'd dealt with in the past and who is establisged as a major full-time dealer. And, when it comes to popular but not rare cards (like the Mantle cards referenced above), I would not purchase them at all except from an auction house or in person from an established dealer. One other rule of thumb: baseball cards don't travel well. Sellers in Fiji, Italy, etc., places with no baseball tradition, don't have hidden stockpiles of cards that a lucky few people manage to find and put up for sale on ebay. Just skip them. You will be happier.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Thanks for the responses. Is there any sort of smoking gun to look for on these cards? Say with respect to the 52 Mantle? Is there simply 1 or 2 things that the fakes simply can't replicate? Finally, are these reproductions worth anything (other than whomever gets scammed on e-bay---like me)? Thanks.

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Smoking Gun #1: Beware of sellers named Toni selling incredibly valuable cards for improbably cheap prices.