I've been working a lot after moving from CA to NJ and I apologize to all of you who really enjoyed by blog. I'm going to try to be a bit more regular again going forward.
On to the front page story...
It has recently been revealed that t206museum.com was a sham that was set up by a scam artist who used it to hype T206 "rarities" and "oddities" so he could profit on fake cards that he made. It has been discovered that he was the creator of the Old Mill Black Overprint backs. These are all fake. He even had one for sale on his site for $35,000.00.Read much more detail here than I'm going to go into on this post, so please check it out and know that I'm not taking any credit for it.
I used to check out this site when I first started getting back into cards years ago and I'm shocked by this realization. What a terrible fraud to play on collectors.
This goes to show you that just because a card is graded, even by PSA or SGC, doesn't mean it is real. Be careful out there all, but still enjoy the hobby...
2 comments:
Wow, the site has been pulled down and all the pages deleted already. You can see the stuff getting deleted in real time if you check the directories.
Guy was stupid, only would take a few searches (or to ask an expert) to find out that the authentic overprint on these is a red Sweet Caporal overprint. The card is overrated anyhow, these cards were not meant to have the red SC overprint, it was a screwup at the printers and not a true back varitions.
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