Public Service Announcement: Goudey REPRINTS on the bay!

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This auction has 2 different kinds of doctored reprint cards..The Ruth is one kind and all the others is a different kind.

The Ruth is one of the kind that originally had the words "reprint" or "Renata Galasso Reprint" between the words "GOUDEY GUM CO" and "BOSTON" (see erased spot). This type of reprint the back green is too light and too bright. The photo area has also been cropped like on most types of reprints.

The other kind of reprint are slightly better looking but if you look at the print on back it is too bold and many of the letters with small holes ie "a" "b" "d" "e" etc. will have the holes filled in. The front has the normal cropped edges of the photo area (ie the Lefty Grove, the parentheses of his name shouldnt touch the top border).

For collectors who have handled these authentic cards for many years it takes only a second to tell its a fake (I can often tell just by the small thumbnail pic), the colors are off (dark areas are too dark compared to light areas), the paper stock is off, the wear is off, etc.

If your new to these cards, its easy to Google images of authentic cards to compare.

Most common PreWar reprints....
E145-2 Cracker Jack
R319 Goudey (many different kinds)
T206 (many different kinds)
E90-1 (stars)
E95
T205
M101-4/5
R333 DeLong
T200
WG2, WG3, WG5 game cards
W560
W551
W512
D304
Geo Ruth Candy (cards and wrappers)
Fro-Joy Ruth
etc.