1949 LEAF ….....1st Series...………………...……………….2nd Series

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TED Z
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A red Dutchman...

Not prewar, but I always loved this red background beauty...


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Red Honus
 

Great centering! Nice card.

1949 Bowman cards
 

Berra .................................................. .......... Roberts

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Dom DiMaggio



TED Z

T206 Reference
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One of my favorites

Beautiful! And, well centered for the issue...

Old Red SCD Slabs with Phillies
 

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..barely enough red to sneak into this thread....he said...
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A couple more...

Cool idea for a thread...

Great looking Babe. And no doubt part of the popularity of this card is it's red background.

http://luckeycards.com/t206cobb.jpg

Sometimes when I think of W514 cards, I see red.

Brian

More reds
 

Reds

Another.

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...NWillett25.jpg . http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...Willett25b.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/tedzan7...e/abkeeler.jpg




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TED Z

T206 Reference
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I'll see your "Red" Background and raise you a "Red" foreground. Of course, he is light one bat and at least an arm and a half..........:D

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How about missing red?

http://luckeycards.com/e92mcgraw.jpg

Ethan -- my understanding is that all the genuine Vermont Griffeys are way off center, you might look into that.

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I've had the VT Griffey for almost 30 years, I know it's good. Sometimes centered cards are real. Lol.

PS. If you look closely, it's not perfectly centered, just ver well centered.

I stand by my point. There are lots of counterfeits of this card, and the originals are all poorly centered based on everything I have seen and heard. Back in the day this was a well-known problem.

Look at the pop report. 8 8s, 3 9s, and speculation was those are counterfeits that snuck through. In contrast, 1897 8Qs and 729 9Qs. But you don't have to listen to me.

The font on Griffey's name and position on yours is too light also and lines up differently. Another sign of a counterfeit. Look how much darker a real one is and how it aligns differently.

Do some more research Peter. Too many nice red cards have been posted on this thread to get in a back and forth with you about the authenticity of a $50 card from the 80s. Thanks for your opinion.

You posted the counterfeit Ethan, not me. And you're the one insisting on its authenticity despite the obvious contrary evidence. But feel free to mock me. Or was there a limited run of a handful of genuine centered cards with a different font? If that's the case I'll apologize.

You forgot to add the piss poor picture quality like most counterfeit cards have. Now can I mock you?:rolleyes:;):D

Is this one (not my card) fake as well? I really don't care if my copy is a fake or not. One of my first pick ups as a young boy...when he was playing here in Vermont. It's not for sale, so I'm good reguardless.

This psychedelic Weed is one of my favorite red background cards.

https://www.sportsmemorabilia.com/Bg...SABEgKnO_D_BwE

Cool. I only followed up because you insisted it was good and I happen to be familiar with the issues surrounding this card. And in the spirit of the thread, here's another red card.

My understanding is that the real Griffeys are significantly off center and that the font on his name and OF are darker, and align differently, than the ones on that card. I do not believe there were two legitimate and different printings of this card, and it is well-known the cards were counterfeited.

So in your opinion this is not authentic?

Yes your card is counterfeit and so is the one in the Beckett slab. Maybe this will help. https://sportscardinfo.wordpress.com...mariners-card/

<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/185200668@N06/49124346606/in/dateposted-public/" title="1914 Cracker Jack Fred Clarke"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49124346606_a3bc69dd2e_z.jpg" width="512" height="640" alt="1914 Cracker Jack Fred Clarke"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:D

Denny you had to show me up with that cool CJ Clarke. :D
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