OT Honus Wagner T206 Video ESPN

[allstarsplus]

This is a great video from ESPN's Outside the Lines on the Honus Wagner T206 card.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/st...h&source=honus

[kneerat]

Not sure it is THAT great... take a listen to my interview with the fiber expert used in that piece.

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[allstarsplus]

Chris - Interesting interview. The show made it sound like the paper fit into the "exact" period the card was produced which still could have meant that someone took card stock from that period to make a counterfeit.

Your interview now puts in question that key piece of information as to the exact time period.

You also have to wonder about a guy who 24 years ago (1984) would have paid $1,800 at an estate sale for a card he knew nothing about. In today's dollars, that $1,800 would be worth probably $6,000. Would you pay $6,000 today for a card you knew nothing about? I am not saying the guy isn't telling the truth but sounds very fishy.

[kneerat]

Yeah, I thought it was odd that he said how he dug in his pockets and pulled out $1,800... I wonder if that is normal for Cobb to carry that kind of loot around.

Also, I thought it was very interesting that the paper expert had to remove a piece of the card in order to examine it.

Wonder why ESPN didn't mention that.

[allstarsplus]

Not sure it is THAT great... take a listen to my interview with the fiber expert used in that piece.

Click here

From ESPN...In 2003, they drove to Appleton, Wis., to have their card evaluated by a paper specialist named Walter Rantanen. His verdict: Fibers in the card date to before 1921. But industry insiders summarily scoffed at Rantanen's analysis, claiming the paper expert knew squat about memorabilia.


From Chris Kneerat...I just got off the phone with Rantanen, who works for Integrated Paper Services, and he cleared this all up a little more. Could this card have been produced in the early 1900s? According to Rantanen, yes. Could it be from the 70s?? According to Rantanen, yes. That's a bit different than the ESPN show claimed he stated.