The fakes I have are 1968-1973 Topps Baseball. The 1969s are especially well-counterfeited.
When you use a loupe at 10x you just look for the solid printed areas in the card, usually white, yellow, red -- such as team and player names. If you can see print dots it's a fake. Vintage cards were plate-printed as we all know.
I'm not trying to alarm anyone, just curious how many are making their way into the marketplace.
I doubt that many dealers at small shows are going to catch these -- some of them don't even know how to assess the grade of a vintage card and are only knowledgeable about modern cards. When you find a true vintage dealer at most shows you're having a good day.
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"Collectors were supposedly enjoying the pure hobby of baseball card collecting, but they were also concerned with the monetary value of their collections." House of Cards by John Bloom, 1997.
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