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Posted By: Elliot

It's not just the wide gap that distinguishes the reprints from the real cards. When the reprints were made, the photos were slightly cropped which gave way to the gap. This cropping caused other differences in the cards. For example, on the Ruth, his shoe is cut off on the right side of the card. There are other differences on the Ruth card from the original.

Of course, with modern fakes, you could have a narrow gap and still be a fake, but it would be obvious when you held it in your hand. It would only look real on the ebay scan.

There is no doubt that the wide gaps are reprints. As others have requested show us an example of a wide gap authentic card, or just don't post anymore.