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Old 12-11-2020, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by ASF123 View Post
I’m trying to educate myself in spotting fakes (back into collecting after a long time). I can see pretty obviously unnatural corner “wear” on a lot of these listings, but not all of them. Other than that (and the “reprint” in the fine print ), what are the giveaways?
As you mentioned, the unnatural corner wear. Also, the "cracking" on the surface of the card. Here are a couple of examples.

1966 Topps Palmer RC (very noticeable on the right side with the blue background)


1971 Topps Clemente (very noticeable in the white uniform)
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