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Old 05-12-2009, 06:19 PM
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I agree,

And this applies to any vintage card set you are a newbie at.

you should buy a handful of lower to mid grade commons first, then look and study closely at how they were made (printed) and how they naturally wear over the years.

If you handle these cards daily you will get a sense of what they should look like and when a fake or altered card comes along usually you will see a problem right away.

In person a reprint card stands out when compared to an authentic card, they are made 2 completely different ways (T206 cards, like many cards of that era, are lithographed)

a couple good pages for info on IDing fakes and how 1910 era cards were printed...

http://www.caramel-cards.com/e95reprint.html
http://www.caramel-cards.com/printing.html

PS... the higher the grade and the higher the worth... the higher the chance its been messed with (if raw)..... so look closer at these

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