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Old 09-25-2009, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve D View Post
Fake cards and fake flips. Look at the font and the line spacing on the flips. The middle line is exactly halfway between the first and third lines. A real PSA flip has four lines of type. Also, the backgrounds on the Mantles are the wrong shade of blue. These are obvious fakes.

Edited to add that there is another absolutely obvious dead-giveaway about the completely fake nature of the two Mantles. I'll just say that anyone familiar with the two '52 Topps Mantle variations will see it right away.



Steve
The stitching on the baseball on the reverse should be facing to the left on the variation with the complete box around the Yankees logo.
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