m101 fakes on ebay

[midmo]

[ls7plus]

Interesting that you should ask. Just finished a little internet research which included cycleback.com's discussion of counterfeits and authenticity of early baseball cards. Quoting Cycleback, " If paper stock fluoresces very bright as just described, it almost certainly was made after the mid 1940s. It is important to note that not all modern papers will fluoresce this way as optical brighteners are not added to all modern paper..."

Happy collecting,

Larry

[Leon]

Originally Posted by midmo

I appreciate this kind of info. Sorry if this is an obvious question, but do all the reprints fluoresce with a black light? Are there modern papers available without brighteners added?

I would venture to guess ALL reprints or fakes don't flouresce. My guess is that the one in the intial post, which is a reprint, will flouresce. Once a collector has handled hundreds or thousands of M101-4/5 it becomes much easier to spot fakes.

I should add, many times when an experienced collector gets that "not so warm and fuzzy" about a card, he/she is correct..

[midmo]

[Leon]

Originally Posted by midmo

Yeah I hear ya. I probably have less than 20 of these and don't see myself ever handling hundreds of them since I'm not a set builder. I assume they're fairly detectable in hand, but he says they're getting better so any knowledge is helpful.

Agreed 100%. There are some other fakes on ebay to discuss later. I think it can help if we discuss WHY the cards aren't good. Us (collectors with a few years on us) only saying they aren't real doesn't help our newer collectors very much.

[obcbobd]

Originally Posted by Leon

Agreed 100%. There are some other fakes on ebay to discuss later. I think it can help if we discuss WHY the cards aren't good. Us (collectors with a few years on us) only saying they aren't real doesn't help our newer collectors very much.

Amen!