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Originally Posted by oldeboo
Here's a look with comparisons...
There are a few common characteristics with the type of fakes this seller has. The main one is the overall blurriness of the cards. The text and images are blurry. Another one is the corner wear as mentioned, real cards typically don't get sand paper taken to the corners. Also, another big one is the crackled effect mentioned that you can see on some of them. Real cards don't crackle like that. Color is also another sign. Really well centered cards can be another tip off to a fake. You can see different paper characteristics of different types of cards. Depending on the card they were made with specific paper and ink that is a characteristic of the type of card. Cracker Jack cardboard has a distinct look, T206, Goudey, they all have a certain look that is hard to replicate.
Go through all of this sellers cards and compare them to graded cards if you want to inform yourself. (Yes grading companies get it wrong once in awhile, but it's a decent baseline usually)
It's a shame that this seller is doing things by the eBay book since he is discreetly listing them as reprints. Deception at it's best.
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Thank you for breaking it down, good info to know
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