Maybe it is not the place, but I don't know where else to put this....
No way is this a shill bidder account made by the seller! No way!!!
https://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/112644683207?item=112644683207&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565
In no particular order:
1887 Allen & Ginter N28 Cap Anson (any condition)
1909-11 T206 Bill Bergen batting (Piedmont 350 - any condition)
1909-11 T206 Bill Bergen batting (Sweet Caporal 350, 25 - any condition)
1909-11 T206 Nap Lajoie throwing (SGC 10 - back damage only preferred)
1909-11 T206...
Yes! This was the way I used to collect back in the 90s.
Then I went to the dark side of the cardboard at the turn of the millennium trying to turn paper into gold.
It failed miserably for over a decade. So now I went back to my roots and went back to collecting for pleasure again.
Great...
A lot of times the paper loss is in the back since many were glued to pages of an album - thus somewhat taken care of by being laid flat. Just as long as the paper loss doesn't detract from the front is OK with me.
I am not new to collecting or to the forum. I was a member here about 10 years ago, but I forgot my ID and password. Doesn't matter now as I returned to collecting. I used to collect Cincinnati Bengals. They are bad management, so I am boycotting my collection until they have cleaned house. I...
The back shouldn't matter for a personal collection, especially for cards that are 100 years old or so as collecting at those times is nowhere near as gung-ho today. They did not have top-loaders, lucite bricks, or authentication services back then. They most likely used cigar boxes as the main...