Question about buybacks: are they still considered "original"?

digicat

Hypothetically...

Lets say that Topps bought back a 1954 Topps Hank Aaron RC, had Hank autograph it, then put a serial number on it, an authentication sticker, and packed it back out in a 2011 product, would that card still be considered to be a 1954 Topps Hank Aaron RC, or would it be something new (or both?).

CrazyMind2017

Beauty is in the eye of whoever is best at defining ambiguous semantics.

I think wherever that card travels and whatever is done to it, it will always be, at worst, an altered 1954 Topps card.

Stadium1978

I'd say it's both an original AND something new.

metsfan

It's a good question, and you could a lot of different responses. To me it's a new card since they changed the original state of the card.

yankeeno7

An original card with factory alteration.

Toro

They Buyback fad has passed. They are nice but the premium isn't what it used to be. To answer your question, it's an old card with an autograph.

scashaggy

This is how I look at it.

Let's say that you have an original Jordan RC. You have Jordan sign it at a show and his rep (UD or whoever) puts an authentication sticker on it.

Now you pull a Buyback 86 Jordan RC. It has been signed and has a cert. sticker on the back. Now, the only difference is that the issuing card co. has written a number on it to show "scarcity".

So to me it is an original card.

mbothner

These were the vintage embossed buyback inserts from 2003 Topps.

Toro

I think Jordan is in a league of his own.........UDA inserted the Buyback of /23 or something and they command 10K+..........I'd still rather have a regular one signed in person.....