"I will make it easy for you pull all of your T206's and then go figure out what a T206 looks like even post pictures on here politely asking for help. Calling Leon Zeus was a bit funny sorry Leon, but I have to be honest."
Ok.. I read the .pdf on examining Pre-War cards within the "detecting card alterations and reprints" section of the forum. Here is what I was able to come up with about the T206's that I won at the auction based on the .pdf:
1. I used a black light, but non of the cards "glowed", so they were either made with older stock, or with paper that did not contain a brightener.....
2. The borders (where the color meets the white border) on these T206's are crisp, where as borders on other T206's appear to bleed, there is a gap between the colored print and white border, or the color print crosses over into the white border.
3. These T206's appear to have a gloss, where other T206's do not.
4. The font used on the player name and team are different than other T206's
5. The spacing of the letters on the name and team are different. The spacing on these cards all appears to be the same from one letter to the next, while the spacing on other T206's is different from letter to letter.. Some letters are given more spacing than others...
6. The size of the letters on these are all congruent, where other T206's display some letters that are larger than others... (T is larger than A) for example...
So based on all of these findings, then I'd say that the cards are most certainly fakes...and I'd agree with Leon that they are "not even good fakes".. I, luckily, don't have too much money tied up in these, but my new mission is to find out if the auction company has a policy set in place for items later determined to be not authentic (since they advertised the items as being authentic)... Anyone have any experience or advice to share about this? Thanks! Marshall
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07-13-2012, 12:32 AM
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