Thanks Michael for all of your hard work on this. The use of the word "reprint" on the Trading Card Database is strange. Reprint of what? And why is the word "reprint" just snuck into the middle of the title. You'd think it would be in big bold letters at the beginning or end of the title. I think you're right and it's not a reprint of anything, just an outright forgery meant to be passed off as an original set from 1965. And you've got to wonder what SGC was relying on to authenticate these and to give them a specific 1965 date.
I'm just glad I got outbid on the Mantle, Maris, and Berra that were also on ebay with the Ford. I was the underbidder on all three of thosed, and could easily have been the unlucky "winner" of them all.
By the way, these were sold by the PSA Vault. So, they seem to have fooled PSA as well, though there was a disclaimer on the listing that PSA does not guarantee the authenticity of SGC graded cards.
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