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Posted By: fkw

This is why some Card Slabers should only grade new crap! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1827674700

Frank

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

Couldn't it be real, with the red just having run all over the pkace? If it isn't, then another question: why are so many fakes suffused with red?

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Posted By: petecld

I agree with Frank, the card used is a fake but so is the image posted.

I've done a lot of computer graphics and photo editing and in my professional opinion the image posted in that auction is put together from two different images - one, the card and the second the holder.

The thin dark border all around the card is a sign of poor masking job.

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Posted By: fkw

On the real E145-2 Cracker Jack Chase card the uniform is white, and will blend into the bottom border where they meet (as they are the same color). This reprint pictured has the uniform and border two completely different colors. This is one of the easiest ways to tell a reprint from an original. Most all CJ reprints have the light or white uniform and border not matching in color, and not blending together. All real Cracker Jacks use the natural paper color for the light/white parts of the picture, so the uniforms always blend into the border where they meet. CJ fakes have always bothered me, as I see them all the time on eBay/Yahoo being sold as originals. In the past Ive estimated 10-20% on eBay are fakes. Frank

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Posted By: David

Frank, thanks for the useful tip.