Thoughts re PSA8 T206 Honus Wagner Card

[Peter_Spaeth]

8T?

[barrysloate]

Peter- is that short for "8 trimmed?"

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Peter- is that short for "8 trimmed?"

Yip.

[tedzan]

Unlike most of you, I do not collect graded cards. Most of my complete sets from 1887-1987 were put
together back in the "paleolithic" era.

But, this does not infer that I am ignorant of the Grading industry, or graded cards. When I buy them, I
usually crack them open. And, I've seen some egregiously graded PSA and SGC cards. Here are some of
the most notorious examples......

SGC graded re-backed (Red HINDU) T206 Mathewson portrait....(impossible F/B combo)

SGC graded (obviously) fake T206 Doyle error that was sold to KO

? ? graded fake T206 Doyle error with a POLAR BEAR back....(impossible F/B combo)

PSA graded re-backed (Piedmont 150) T206 Cobb (bat off)....(impossible F/B combo)

PSA8 T206 Honus Wagner....I can say this since I saw this card in its raw form at the Philly Show back
in the mid-1980's.


T-Rex TED

[Peter_Spaeth]

You saw the Wagner before Bill Mastro purchased it? Do you recall who owned it at the time?

[tedzan]

You asked......
" You saw the Wagner before Bill Mastro purchased it? Do you recall who owned it at the time? "

I didn't say that.

I first saw this card when Mastro was shopping it around at the Philly Show (prior to the Show's start)
to most of the dealers staying at the George Washington Motor Lodge.

[Wesley]

Ted,
When you saw the Wagner at the Philly Show, was it in it's current state/size?
Wes

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by tedzan

You asked......
" You saw the Wagner before Bill Mastro purchased it? Do you recall who owned it at the time? "

I didn't say that.

I first saw this card when Mastro was shopping it around at the Philly Show (prior to the Show's start)
to most of the dealers staying at the George Washington Motor Lodge.

Ted thanks for clarifying, I was making an inference about when and by whom the card allegedly was altered based on what I had read/heard.