Poll: Is this T206 Elberfeld Washington Real or Fake?

[iwantitiwinit]

How come only the more "premium" cards are the ones that are always so beat up you can't tell if they are real or reprints. My feeling is if its a beat up premium card then its a fake.

Personally I'd say its fake, there isn't enough delineation between the red background and the cream color of his uniform, it just looks very strange to me.

Why do people go to such a great extent to attempt to make a card look as if it is not a reprint. On the off chance it is real what could it be worth even though it is an Elberfeld, Washington. In that condition I wouldn't pay much for it at all, below $10.

[T2069bk]

I really can't say for sure but the three things that caused my fake vote:

- Eyes do not look quite right

- Staining on the front is consistent but on the back the top is consistently stained and the bottom is relatively stain free

- The tape holding them together looks very modern and out of place especially by the word series, not sure someone now would try to tape it together- seen plenty of old tape yellowing and such on the poorer condition t206 cards I buy...this instead looks like what I used last week for Christmas gifts.

[EvilKing00]

Originally Posted by T2069bk

I really can't say for sure but the three things that caused my fake vote:

- Eyes do not look quite right

- Staining on the front is consistent but on the back the top is consistently stained and the bottom is relatively stain free

- The tape holding them together looks very modern and out of place especially by the word series, not sure someone now would try to tape it together- seen plenty of old tape yellowing and such on the poorer condition t206 cards I buy...this instead looks like what I used last week for Christmas gifts.

That tape does look out of place.

[ethicsprof]

it's real.

but barely alive.

best,
barry