Ruth real or Fake??

[36GoudeyMan]

The seller has high quality and quantity of feedback, so that's a plus, but their description makes clear that, as usual, they aren't card graders or dealers, so they don't really know what this un-authenticated card might really be. They've got another half-dozen cards from this same "estate" up for sale, in varying lower condition, with some nice but not super-key or rare cards.

The card itself, I'm not expert enough to know for sure, but a lot of the typical earmarks of a reprint SK Ruth are not there, especially in the yellow background/white border blending. I'm sure someone knows better, but a lot of the more standard red flags are not present here.

[poorlydrawncat]

I'm gonna be honest, I saw all of this guy's auctions and frankly they all look fake to me. The 1933 Goudey Ruth looks pretty good, but the others just seem off and from what I can tell from the scans, they all have that grainy, muted, off-color feel that most reprints have. I wish the scans were higher resolution so you could get a better feel for how the pixels look, but from what I can tell the pixilation is completely uniform (bad sign). Look at the Sport Kings Ruth you linked to. When you zoom there is a grainy look that bleeds seemlessly into all elements of the card. Generally the background, the face, the logo, etc. should all look different even if you cant completely make out the individual pixels.


I could be wrong, but that's just my opinion.

[smtjoy]

The 1933 Goudey 144 Ruth is fake I would stay away from the rest