Hi Brian..As Leon mentioned the grainy appearance is a give away. Also the design of the back of the postcard can be helpful, postcard backs are pretty well documented as to what era certain backs designs were used. But with this card the front design is over the top with Yankees Stadium, a head shot of Ruth and the Yankee insignia, it's a fantasy piece.
In 2003 I was publishing The Ballpark Postcard Newsletter when I first ran into this seller on ebay. He was selling these fantasy pieces then, postcards and advertising items. At that time he was using at least 3 different ebay accounts. In some cases he was getting hundreds of dollars an item for some of the material. I wrote an article at that time warning collectors about his scam. I was surprised to run into him again 15 years later still pushing junk.
Here's one of the cards from 2003 he sold for over $100.00
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Originally Posted by Brian
Hi, Jim,
I don't have too many RPPCs so am not an expert. But every now and then I buy one, so I am curious how you deduced that this was a fake? Was it poor focus/blurriness of the photo?
Thanks!
Brian
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