Do you like these reprint autographs?

[Leon]

There are millions of reprint baseball cards. I don't see that many reprint autographs, at least being sold that way . Do you like or dislike...?


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jimmie-Foxx-...item27ce85d02b


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[yanks12025]

I think some of them are cool looking for not for the price he lists at.

[r2678]

Soon to appear on a craigslist near you.

[dgo71]

At least he's up front that it's a replica. Personally I don't like them, I think it's dangerous to put stuff like this out in the market, eventually someone will try to pass it off as real.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by dgo71

At least he's up front that it's a replica. Personally I don't like them, I think it's dangerous to put stuff like this out in the market, eventually someone will try to pass it off as real.

That's the thing, HE is up front, but there's nothing that says the next guy whose hands it passes through will be. Unless he starts wrapping the back side of the balls with big red"replica" stamping, I won't "like" or even be indifferent to them. While these things may be obvious fakes in person, such things are rarely sold in person.

In my opinion, if you're making something intended to look old/original, go out of your way to make it look old/original, and do not mark it in some obvious way to indicate that it is NOT old/original, you are producing forgeries. The fact that you verbally call them replicas, or that your skill level is such that "anybody can tell they're not real" shouldn't get you a free pass.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

That's the thing, HE is up front, but there's nothing that says the next guy whose hands it passes through will be. Unless he starts wrapping the back side of the balls with big red"replica" stamping, I won't "like" or even be indifferent to them. While these things may be obvious fakes in person, such things are rarely sold in person.

In my opinion, if you're making something intended to look old/original, go out of your way to make it look old/original, and do not mark it in some obvious way to indicate that it is NOT old/original, you are producing forgeries. The fact that you verbally call them replicas, or that your skill level is such that "anybody can tell they're not real" shouldn't get you a free pass.

+1

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

That's the thing, HE is up front, but there's nothing that says the next guy whose hands it passes through will be. Unless he starts wrapping the back side of the balls with big red"replica" stamping, I won't "like" or even be indifferent to them. While these things may be obvious fakes in person, such things are rarely sold in person.

In my opinion, if you're making something intended to look old/original, go out of your way to make it look old/original, and do not mark it in some obvious way to indicate that it is NOT old/original, you are producing forgeries. The fact that you verbally call them replicas, or that your skill level is such that "anybody can tell they're not real" shouldn't get you a free pass.

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[dgo71]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

That's the thing, HE is up front, but there's nothing that says the next guy whose hands it passes through will be. Unless he starts wrapping the back side of the balls with big red"replica" stamping, I won't "like" or even be indifferent to them. While these things may be obvious fakes in person, such things are rarely sold in person.

In my opinion, if you're making something intended to look old/original, go out of your way to make it look old/original, and do not mark it in some obvious way to indicate that it is NOT old/original, you are producing forgeries. The fact that you verbally call them replicas, or that your skill level is such that "anybody can tell they're not real" shouldn't get you a free pass.

Exactly my point. We've all seen the horrendous fakes that people are willing to spend their hard-earned money on. I can't see why someone unaware of what they're buying wouldn't do the same with an item that is manufactured to look legit.