Are these fakes too good?

[jason.1969]

While shopping for a 1936 Diamond Stars Rogers Hornsby, I came across this site, featuring 52 Topps Mantle, 33 Goudey Ruth, and dozens of other top cards--all fake:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/julianmayle

I'm not at all an expert in judging fakes, but it was still scary to me to see cards that looked this real, including artificial aging.

It bothered me that the name of the store front was "Vintage Cards" even though every single card for sale was a counterfeit. And it bothered me even more that the cards didn't include a "reprint" stamp (or alternatively, excluded the Topps copyright) to protect future buyers in the secondary market.

The Hornsby itself looked like the corner wear was a little to even to be credible, but some of the "newer" cards like the 1957 Mantle looked really legit to me.

I'm curious if pros like you are able to tell these cards are all fakes just by looking. I will feel better if the answer is yes! And separately, I'm surprised that making and selling such cards is even legal--is it that the copyrights are all so old as to have expired?

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