Fake Babe Ruth Rookie, careful friends

[pbspelly]

As a novice, it always impresses me that folks here can tell fakes without having to physically pick them up and examine them. Apart from the suspicious feedback numbers and Freudian issues, how can you tell that the gap isn't some sort of actual printing error that would make this a real rarity? I'm not suggesting it is, just curious how to know the difference.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by pbspelly

As a novice, it always impresses me that folks here can tell fakes without having to physically pick them up and examine them. Apart from the suspicious feedback numbers and Freudian issues, how can you tell that the gap isn't some sort of actual printing error that would make this a real rarity? I'm not suggesting it is, just curious how to know the difference.

There have been no cards with the larger gaps found to be real. Until one is found to be real they will all be deemed fakes and rightfully so. Also a lot of fakes will have less focused printing and lithography, as the one in this thread above (on ebay). Real cards were usually quite focused and sharp in their printing.