Dumb question, but I have to ask....(1933 Goudey Ruth)

[kemdawg]

First of all, I don't claim to be an expert on pre-war cards, which is why I'm posting this in the first place. I'm 99.9% sure this '33 Goudey Ruth is fake, but that .1% doubt is enough for me to post this anyway.

Can the forum let me know if you think this is fake? More importantly, I'd love to hear WHY you think it's fake for my own education.

Thanks for your replies! And sorry I don't have a better picture. It was sent to me and this is the best I have to work with right now.
Travis

[Leon]

Originally Posted by kemdawg

First of all, I don't claim to be an expert on pre-war cards, which is why I'm posting this in the first place. I'm 99.9% sure this '33 Goudey Ruth is fake, but that .1% doubt is enough for me to post this anyway.

Can the forum let me know if you think this is fake? More importantly, I'd love to hear WHY you think it's fake for my own education.

Thanks for your replies! And sorry I don't have a better picture. It was sent to me and this is the best I have to work with right now.
Travis

I don't think I have ever seen one that nicely centered and with that sharp of corners. Does that answer your question? Unless this is a set up and and you are showing me a "9" (if there is one) then my first statement should tell you what you want to know. I am sure there are other "tells" but the first thing I look for is absolutely perfect centering. If it has that then there is a 99% chance it's not real, from my experiences. Also the lithography just looks off, but that is a bit harder to quantify than the perfect centering and pinpoint corners.

[EvilKing00]

Im not an expert but looks fake to me, besides the sharpe corners those eyes and teeth arent right imo

[swarmee]

No bleedthrough on the back, which happens on a lot of Goudeys due to their stock. You have the card in hand. Does it feel like a modern baseball card?

[Rookiemonster]

The color is the first thing that looks off to me .

It looks like a photo copy .

I kinda feel like the dimensions look off the boarder looks weird .

[kemdawg]

Originally Posted by swarmee

No bleedthrough on the back, which happens on a lot of Goudeys due to their stock. You have the card in hand. Does it feel like a modern baseball card?

I looked at the bleedthrough too from the picture. I see it on the bottom but not on the rest of the card. I don't have the card in hand yet. I hope to tomorrow.

[nat]

Actually that it DOES seem to have bleed through (or wet sheet transfer) seems like the best thing in its favor. It looks (to me) like there's a dim red bar and visible boarders on the back. But really the biggest tell, to me, is that it's a mint condition 33 Goudey Ruth. I mean, come on.

And the centering certainly is suspicious.