Hopeful conclusion to the 1930 Goudey Ruth saga......

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Posted By: T206Collector

...of two old Dilbert comic strips I have on my wall:

COMIC STRIP #1

Dog: I'm going into the sports memorabilia businesss. I've heard that most autographs are forgeries, so my initial investment will be low. Can I interest you in a baseball signed by Moses?

Dilbert: Wow! That's going to be worth something.


COMIC STRIP #2

No. 2

Dilbert: This is the best price I've seen for a baseball autographed by Babe Ruth. But I don't see where the autograph is.

Dog: It gets autographed later tonight.

Dilbert: I'll take this and three of the Honus Wagner cards.



Smarter people, with more baseball card experience than I have bid good money on this card. But to me, if someone offered me the one and only T206 card of Ty Cobb that was issued in 1907, I'd say they were smoking something -- especially if it looked like a black and white photo copy of a card that looked nothing like a T206 card.

Another way of looking at this -- if there is not a single credible grading company or auction house (other than Mr. Verkman) who even have a doubt about the authenticity of this card, doesn't that put into question the quality of the expertise/experience of the people bidding on it? No offense meant to Leon or the other gentlemen with, again, clearly much more experience and expertise than me in this area.

To me, this is the high stakes version of the newbie ebayer bidding $150 on the Wagner reprint in the hopes that it will be a $1,000,000 find.