is this anson broadside real

[khkco4bls]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...182950&alt=web guys is this real or not

[vintagesportscollector]

Not sure. Looks real, but given clean condition and small size looks like it could have been run off your standard printer.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...182950&alt=web guys is this real or not

I saw it when it went up. It now seems real.....

[vintagesportscollector]

Price seems to good to be true. You would think that if the seller put a BIN at $1200 he would get more bites, but at $275 everyone assumes it to be not real. Looks like could be real, but can't tell w/o having it in hand. The seller added some comments to the listing. If there was a gaurantee to return if it looked bad under a black light, could be worth taking a chance on.

[Shoeless Moe]

He'd do better with a better story like he found it in an old shed or his great granfather was Cap Anson's mailman.....saying the truth in that he bought it on Ebay years ago, when there were a lot of fake broadsides going around can't help.


All he needs to add is that is came from Ohio to put the final nail in it.

[murphusa]

The company Young Sports Pub Co did exists at 19 Beekman St in New York during the 1890’s. It published a sports paper aimed at young adults.

The size of the newspapers was 9x12.

Since they were a small publisher, more than likely they would make their advertisements the same size as their newspaper. So if the seller would measure the item from behind the mat and it came out to 9x12, that would be a good sign

[murphusa]

asked him a few questions and he said the printing is solid and not dotted, cant get to the true size as the mat is glued to the backing

[markf31]

A few of these have sold at auction, the most recent at Heritage in 2007:

http://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/18...47112-620130.s

And with the hammer it went for just $167.50

[vintagesportscollector]

http://www.capanson.com/baseball_cards.html

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