1941 Original Joe DiMaggio Barbarino's Barber Shop Baseball Card ~ Brooklyn

[Leon]

And I should add this was not supposed to be an attack on the original poster, on my part. But it irritates me that that kind of card is being sold on this board when it is so obviously bogus. It, and their ilk, are the true definitions of fantasy cards (fake cards). But unless the OP (hi Eric) continues to try to sell it as anything other than fake then it's no big issue. It is what it is though..

[KC Doughboy]

I appreciate the further discussion and many learning points. I hope others on the board can learn as I have. Thanks for making this into a constructive post. Since this is B/S/T and this is no longer for sale, I'll let this die or maybe you want to lock it Leon?

[bbcard1]

Hey Eric, sorry the card was misrepresented to you. These are the things that bothered me on my initial viewing…as mentioned before, the type is very black and unbroken while the rest of the card has breaks. This was a yellow flag to me…there are times that a scan/scanner for whatever reason can create a distorted…so it is not a full disqualification. The thing that jumped out to me was that there are subtle differences in the typeface and the typeface you would expect to be used in the early 1940s. There are also incidences in the kerning (space between letters) that would indicate it was computer set and not hand set, especially between the V and the A and to a lesser extent the B and the A.

[smtjoy]

Just to add, there are some 1916 M101-4/5 Altoona Fakes out there that the backs look an awful lot alike to this one, as has been said the type face is wrong for the time period. That was my red flag.