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Posted By: Howie

Go to Ebay and search the closed auctions for 1934 Goudey Gehrig and T206 Cobb. Commons are reprinted too but it's easier to narrow it down to Gehrig and Cobb as you learn what to look for. Compare what graded cards look like with cards that look like they sold way too cheap, especially ones in the $10 to $100 range. Some reprints are left in nice condition but most are beat up and stained to look old. No matter how beat up the reprints are they still have a washed out look to them. If they show you a back picture look for damage in area where REPRINT used to be. Sometimes pictures are purposely bad to make it hard to tell for a novice. If you're thinking about buying ungraded cards in person or online buy some cheap graded commons first and study the printing closely front and back with a magnifier. The better the deal seems to be the more careful you need to be.