Fake raw Hindu's on ebay?

[Sean]

Originally Posted by JustinD

Not a good thing when the pristine white paper shows on the tears and creases the seller added after the paper was artificially aged...

NJ, that Merkle Hindu does exist; I own one. But that card was fake. Among other things, the tears in the card were made recently. The card was probably "aged" with the use of coffee or something similar to make it appear discolored. It was then bent and torn afterward, which is why the tear has such a bright white look. If it happened over time, the card would have the same discolored look where the tear happened.

By the way, I've seen multiple Merkle Hindus. The background color always appears more orange than red, probably due to some printing error. It seems to have affected many Hindu cards: they seem to come out with the same orange tint. We had a thread about them a couple years ago. If I find it, I'll PM you.

[njdunkin1]

Originally Posted by JustinD

Be happy the seller pulled these for likely being reported.

Originally Posted by Sean

NJ, that Merkle Hindu does exist; I own one. But that card was fake. Among other things, the tears in the card were made recently. The card was probably "aged" with the use of coffee or something similar to make it appear discolored. It was then bent and torn afterward, which is why the tear has such a bright white look. If it happened over time, the card would have the same discolored look where the tear happened.

By the way, I've seen multiple Merkle Hindus. The background color always appears more orange than red, probably due to some printing error. It seems to have affected many Hindu cards: they seem to come out with the same orange tint. We had a thread about them a couple years ago. If I find it, I'll PM you.

Thank you gentlemen. After taking a closer look, the tears do appear to be too intentional and look whiter than teeth. I appreciate the guidance - saved myself a couple ten bucks!

[RCMcKenzie]

I wonder what you would get in the mail if you bought this? An empty box I would guess.
www.ebay.com/itm/232047399979

[RCMcKenzie]

I obviously need glasses. Last night I thought I could see an sgc holder in the pics, but tonight it looks like a card on black construction paper. I don't think they made type 1 reprints on thin paper, so you would at least be able to tell if it were real in hand. It would be a nice find if real. I'm off to Eyemasters to get glasses tomorrow. Rob

[Leon]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

I wonder what you would get in the mail if you bought this? An empty box I would guess.
www.ebay.com/itm/232047399979

Except for the granular looks of the scan, the Type 1 is hard to see that it isn't good?

[Jobu]

I think the T206s are bad and the T213 is good.

[ullmandds]

i bid on the t213 then saw this thread and retracted my bid...it does look fake.

[RCMcKenzie]

I'm going to ask the seller a question thru ebay and see what he says. His feed back is mostly buying from Kit Young cards etc..He has 3 sales..2 T205's which look a little washed out and an m104/5 that does not look good to me.
It's odd to me that he seems to have the Molesworth priced correctly without knowing exactly what he has...Rob