1952 Wheaties Need Help Verifying Authenticity

[steve B]

Here's a few links showing some of what I was looking at.

The first is a full 52 box, family size and very light. Hard to tell if it's white or just not toned from age.

The second is a 52 panel from a different size, obviously the normal color.

And the third is a 51 single serving box clearly showing the white, which wasn't used on any of the parts of the box that wouldn't be seen.

http://legendaryauctions.com/LotDeta...and-Campanella

http://www.auctionscc.com/archive/200711/day2/397/#a

http://www.wheatiesking.com/wp-conte...ny-Lujack1.jpg

I'm still on the fence about the very white Musial, it has some differences in the actual printing from mine, but shows a few similarities. Oddly the blue seems nearly perfect, and that would be the hardest part to copy. It's a bit more crisp than the one I have, but still looks good. The orange is bugging me for a few reasons. The one I have has very clear and straight borders, the white one looks slightly wavy and a bit sloppy on the inking. It's still hard to tell if it's typographed for sure, but sometimes a crisp print will be like that.

Usually you can see the ink darker or thicker at the edges of a letter or object. It's called squeezeout literally an ege of ink that gets squeezed out from between the print block and the paper. Lightly inked and/or lightly impressed and it might not show.

If the white one is fake, it's very impressive.

And I'll probably start looking for Wheaties more actively now. Another good puzzle you guys have got me into

Steve B