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Old 12-03-2018, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris Counts View Post
I recall fakes showing up in the mid 1970s at the Southern California card club shows. Some local guy got busted for making phony 1963 Rose rookies.
Are you sure that was the mid-1970s? Rookie cards didn't become a thing in the hobby until about 1980, and the 1963 Rose didn't become valuable until the early-to-mid 80s, when fakes of it proliferated.
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