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Posted By: Brian E.

So the other night, I took a gamble and for the first time since 2002, purchased a raw card off Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8826719318&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1>.

This despite the ebayer's low feedback, little baseball card selling experience and also selling an ungraded 52T Mantle. The seller's explanation is that they purchased the card raw at an auction. I consciously overlooked several red flags but the photo looked good and the seller appears to have a legitimate autoparts business. I've seen enough doctored E95 fakes to know when to stay away but this one looked legit enough for me to pay with paypal (credit card) and if necessary, take the seller up on their return policy if the card was bogus.

The card arrived today and I plan I to send it off to SGC for expedited grading. I have a 30X loupe and can tell with complete certainty if a T206 is a fake or not based off the printing dots. However, this is an E95 not a T206.

Under the loupe, this card does look legit but neither has the same dot pattern as a legit T206 or a fake T206. Under magnification, the white jersey and body of Cobb has a fuzzy appearance whereas the red background has an uneven dot pattern simiar to what I've seen on real T206s. The card stock is stiff/rigid similar to a T206. The sides of the card stock are "fuzzy", again very similar to old cardboard on T206s.

I was hoping I could get some opinions from those who have experience with E95s as this is my first one. I personally give it a decent chance the card will grade but would like more knowledgeable opinions.

Here are detailed scans, you should be able to save them to your computer, then zoom very close to see detail.




Any help or opinions is much appreciated.

Brian E.