1953 Willie Mays - How to identify Fake?????

[SMPEP]

I need friends like yours. No one has ever given me a 1953 Mays (even a fake one) for free!

Cheers,
Patrick

[SMPEP]

Just to clarify ... I wasn't saying this one was fake. I was saying no one even gives me cards for free ... regardless of whether they're fake or not.

Cheers,
Patrick

[Tanman7baseball]

Originally Posted by SMPEP

I need friends like yours. No one has ever given me a 1953 Mays (even a fake one) for free!

Cheers,
Patrick

Made the guy money. Hahah he was very appreciative.

-Colby

[Tomman1961]

When i was working on my 1953 set in the mid1980's there were a lot of well known collectors and dealers who said the Mays and Mantle were faked.I spoke to dealers and SCD also wrote about it. Yes-even in 1983. Sorry, I can not help you with what to look for. After getting my Mantle and Mays, i sent them out many years later and came back with "grades". Anyway-yes-there was a lot of chatter in the mid to late 1980's about these cards.

[Tomman1961]

Willie has the longest fingers I have ever seen.

[con40]

Originally Posted by Tomman1961

Willie has the longest fingers I have ever seen.

That's what she said.

[Volod]

Originally Posted by Tomman1961

When i was working on my 1953 set in the mid1980's there were a lot of well known collectors and dealers who said the Mays and Mantle were faked.I spoke to dealers and SCD also wrote about it. Yes-even in 1983. Sorry, I can not help you with what to look for. After getting my Mantle and Mays, i sent them out many years later and came back with "grades". Anyway-yes-there was a lot of chatter in the mid to late 1980's about these cards.

Do you happen to recall the issue of SCD that addressed possible counterfeiting of 1953 Topps? I had a subscription in the '80's, but don't remember reading any references to it. Was it in 1983?

[Tomman1961]

Volod-
My 1983 was a guess about what yea the article was was. I bought my Mays at the Atlantic City National. I started to get SCD in 1983. So it was sometime between. Sorry I can not pin it down. I remember it also talking about 1951 or 1952 Bowman Mantle and/or Mays being often counterfeited. Sorry I can not do better.--Tom

[Tomman1961]

http://home.comcast.net/~52mantle/52...antleother.htm

I',m not so good at copy/paste web sites. Try this one. (Tom)
I googled(in quotes):
"1953 topps willie mays counterfeit"