T206 Ty Cobb - Real or Fake?

[fkw]

glossy like a T213-2 card (1914 Coupon), the gloss should have crazing (small cracks in surface)

also the creases should show more breakage of the paper on front with white showing along some of the heavier creases, .....they are not light creases.

Its a multi-thousand dollar card and is not slabbed and that a big red flag right there too

[terjung]

Zero chance that is real. Frank is right on... plus the lighter color on the upper corners from artificial wear is a give away.

Want to prove it to yourself? Use a black light and watch the bleaching agents in the card floresce. A real one won't.

[christopher.herman]

The paper looks completely wrong.

[FrankWakefield]

Agree with above. It isn't glossy, it isn't authentic. And if it was authentic it still wouldn't be a T206 (wouldn't want to miss a chance to not derail this). And it is the brighteners added to the paper that fluoresce.

[terjung]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

And it is the brighteners added to the paper that fluoresce.

agreed. I meant bleaching agents used in the paper to brighten it during its manufacture.

[FrankWakefield]

Right, Brian.

If you're thinking of buying that card, shine a black light on it first and see what happens.

[jjkoestler]

Thank you for the information. Did a company actually produce reprints of this card, or are the fakes just an effort to dupe someone?

[terjung]

just fakes.

That'd easily be a 5 figure card. Word to the wise... until you can recognize definitively real from fake, only buy cards that have been graded by SGC or PSA. You'll save yourself headaches - not to mention money.

[ctownboy]

To me it is funny that there is a full picture of the back of the card yet the picture of the front of the card does not show Cobb's name. Wouldn't having Cobb's name shown help to better determine if this card is a worthless fake?

David

[Anthony S.]

It's fake.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/T206-Ty-Cobb...item35b6dc8898