This was a great post Brian...every new collector should learn this lesson. Some forgeries are so good you can't tell unless you see it up close...but with this one...if you took the time before hand to learn the nuiances of card doctoring as well as becoming familiar with this Topps issue and what it should look like...you would have been able to tell by looking at this scan that something was just not right....
It took me about 10 year into the hobby before I had the acquired the knowlege and confidence needed to purchase mine...
Ricky Y
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