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Scott ElkinsA PSA 5 example in the Nov. 2000 Mastro catalog that is a FAKE! The other two M101-5 Thorpes I found BOTH have Famous and Barr backs and BOTH were in Mastro auctions, so Mastro DID know there were more than one F&B Thorpe! The two real M101-5 Thorpes with F&B Backs are Lot #215 in the Nov. 2000 Mastro catalog (an ungraded VG/EX example) and lot #829 in the August 2002 Mastro auction (an SGC 40 example). Again, BOTH of these M101-5 Thorpes have F&B Backs. The ONLY Blank Backed example I could find in any of my past auction catalogs was lot #1184 in the Mastro Nov. 2000 catalog and the card is FAKE! I have included a scan of the lot and item description below. As you can see, there is toooooo much space between the image of Thorpe and the black line outlining the image - easy catch on this one being fake! I have also included a scan of the PSA 3 real Thorpe I won in the last Mastro auction for comparison with the fake example.
