Yet another "are these real?" thread, help please

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by jimq

Thanks again! Here's the exact description from ebay. Almost every known red flag!


OK I HAVE THESE 2 CARDS LOOKED AT AND WAS TOLD THEY ARE ORIG. CARDS THERE ARE NO REPRINT STAMPS ON THEM. MY GRANDFATHER HAD ALOT OF THESE CARDS I REMEMBER GROWING UP LOOKING AT THEM, WHEN HE PASSED MY FATHER WAS GOING THROUGH HIS STUFF AND FOUND THESE 2, I HAVE KNOW USE FOR THEM AND WAS HOPING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO GET THEM THAT WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE. THEY WERE PASSED OUT IN FATIMA CIGARETTE PACKAGES IN THE EARLY 1900`S I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TO THE BEST OF BY KNOWLEDGE . MY RESERVE IS NOT THAT HIGH SO HAPPY BIDDING.

The photos in the auction where horrible also.

[MikeGarcia]

.........We doan see no steenking red flags ?? In fact I have my auto-search e-mail notification set to the key phrases '' was told original'' , ''doesn't say ' Reprint' '' , and '' grandfather''.....now let me get back to my Craig's List.

[FrankWakefield]

Your father-in-law was fortunate. Buying those and not knowing what he was buying can be a dangerous combination. Those are great cards, from an intriguing series!!!! A very difficult series to complete.

At this rate your gonna get burned. No risk no reward though. Another nice snag and a neat set of cards. Congrats on the pickup

[jimq]

He's been burned, I thought he was burned again with these things. But he finally started using a credit card with paypal instead of the bank transfer, so hopefully he won't get burned any more.

Thanks again for all the help!