View Full Version : real or fake?? Babe ruth
tuckr1
09-06-2012, 09:31 AM
Is this one real ???
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1933-Babe-Ruth-Goudey-Original-poor-condition-/320976765896?pt=US_Baseball&hash=item4abbb4c3c8
Batter67up
09-06-2012, 09:35 AM
The colors look way too dark based on the condition of the card. The back of the card has dark font that looks fake as well. I am saying 100% no good!
Clutch-Hitter
09-06-2012, 09:43 AM
Fake
bbcard1
09-06-2012, 10:58 AM
Don't like it for a number of reasons. The stock looks funny/thin and the distress pattern looks too systematic and calculated. Colors look funny, but that could be the scan or a post scan adjustment. Wouldn't touch.
Batter67up
09-06-2012, 11:02 AM
Real back versus card on Ebay back
ullmandds
09-06-2012, 11:16 AM
looks like one of those crappy dover reprints...back is way too white...colors on front all wrong...I'm guessing stock is/was glossy at some time.
ctownboy
09-06-2012, 11:45 AM
Seller has a PSA graded Mantle and an SGC graded (authentic) T206. If this Ruth were real then why not have it graded?
David
teetwoohsix
09-06-2012, 02:24 PM
It's crazy to see this card is over $200.00 right now !!! :eek: Wow.
Clutch-Hitter
09-06-2012, 09:23 PM
There are cases to be made nearly every day; easy ones.
poorlydrawncat
09-06-2012, 09:54 PM
I've found that the easiest way to recognize a fake is to look at the line that makes up the left side of his hat. On fake versions, the line is cropped and never fully curves.
See the comparison here: http://imgur.com/pgGDk
hairlinecrease
09-07-2012, 02:03 PM
Doesn't look right, the fading isn't even (consistent with sun damage), doesn't look like any other type of damage (water, etc.) and the paper stock looks strange.