I just put this together, the real ones next to the fakes so you can see a clear difference, thats why anyone who collects the set type can spot these bad fakes real fast, there are some other much harder to spot fakes were the only difference is slight cropping and no gloss on the front.
Here you go-
You can clearly see how much different the detail is, also look at the cropping of the photo of his feet/hands and the gap between the black border line-
The fake back is a mess and not even close to the real thing as you can see-
I did find the guide you had listed that the Shoeless was selling for 2.5 times the Thorpe back in 93, today the Thorpe sells for more.