Babe Ruth - 1916 - M 101 5 # 151 REPRINT???

[Leon]

Originally Posted by cjh118lfh

The links help alittle. Sounds like I just need to use a blacklight to really see.

Hopefully some more thoughts will come in.

You don't need a blacklight. They are reprints. But do get at least one of them checked out to be sure for yourself.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by Leon

You don't need a blacklight. They are reprints. But do get at least one of them checked out to be sure for yourself.

This isn't a bad idea if you want to make sure. You can declare the value to be $20 or so since you're assuming it's a reprint and send it into PSA. If it turns out to be real they'll charge you more to insure it on the way back but I'm sure that's a fee you'd be glad to pay. For 10-15 bucks you'd have a definite answer. But it does look fake to me as well.

[cjh118lfh]

Thanks, maybe I'll just do that to ease my mind.

[ZiggerZagger]

So, just wondering if the OP is the Counterfeiter fishing for some advice about how to make his fakes more convincing, or the poor soul who bought this card for $50.00 on ebay on Dec. 8th?
It's clearly the exact same card in Post #1 as shown in this recent Ebay listing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1915-Babe-Ru...p2047675.l2557

I just get a bit suspicious whenever I hear the word "estate sale". I do note the OP's only other post on the Forum is similarly looking for advice re: a Green Cobb "found in a binder" recently.

I'll be the first to hold my hands up and apologize if this is my cynicism run amok.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by ZiggerZagger

So, just wondering if the OP is the Counterfeiter fishing for some advice about how to make his fakes more convincing, or the poor soul who bought this card for $50.00 on ebay on Dec. 8th?
It's clearly the exact same card in Post #1 as shown in this recent Ebay listing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1915-Babe-Ru...p2047675.l2557

I just get a bit suspicious whenever I hear the word "estate sale". I do note the OP's only other post on the Forum is similarly looking for advice re: a Green Cobb "found in a binder" recently.

I'll be the first to hold my hands up and apologize if this is my cynicism run amok.

That certainly looks like the same card. I'm curious to see what the OP has to say about this.

[obcbobd]

Originally Posted by ZiggerZagger

So, just wondering if the OP is the Counterfeiter fishing for some advice about how to make his fakes more convincing, or the poor soul who bought this card for $50.00 on ebay on Dec. 8th?
It's clearly the exact same card in Post #1 as shown in this recent Ebay listing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1915-Babe-Ru...p2047675.l2557

I just get a bit suspicious whenever I hear the word "estate sale". I do note the OP's only other post on the Forum is similarly looking for advice re: a Green Cobb "found in a binder" recently.

I'll be the first to hold my hands up and apologize if this is my cynicism run amok.

It would seem so. The person selling the Ruth was also selling the reprints I had pointed out in this thread http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=215121. That seller mentions an Estate Sale as well as a 1910 Joe Jackson (along with some really bad T206 reprints) as does the OP.

I believe the Yiddish word is chutzpah

[bnorth]

The estate sale must have been on etsy.com

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by ZiggerZagger

So, just wondering if the OP is the Counterfeiter fishing for some advice about how to make his fakes more convincing, or the poor soul who bought this card for $50.00 on ebay on Dec. 8th?
It's clearly the exact same card in Post #1 as shown in this recent Ebay listing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1915-Babe-Ru...p2047675.l2557

I just get a bit suspicious whenever I hear the word "estate sale". I do note the OP's only other post on the Forum is similarly looking for advice re: a Green Cobb "found in a binder" recently.

I'll be the first to hold my hands up and apologize if this is my cynicism run amok.

Would not surprise me. I believe a rule about asking on counterfeits should be only experts respond and no one ever expands on why it is actually NG.

[Bestdj777]

Maybe I'm just naive, but I don't think this guy is a counterfeiter. It wouldn't surprise me if he is the eBay seller, not buyer, and just got it returned and was curious why. I also don't really see any harm in telling him how to identify a poor reprint.

[obcbobd]

Originally Posted by Sean1125

Would not surprise me. I believe a rule about asking on counterfeits should be only experts respond and no one ever expands on why it is actually NG.

I would strongly disagree, the more knowledge the better, All need to understand how/why something is counterfeit. This will help prevent them from making a mistake in the future.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by obcbobd

I would strongly disagree, the more knowledge the better, All need to understand how/why something is counterfeit. This will help prevent them from making a mistake in the future.

While there are a few secrets I keep concerning forgeries, I am also in this camp. An educated collector is a collector less likely to get scammed.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by Sean1125

Would not surprise me. I believe a rule about asking on counterfeits should be only experts respond and no one ever expands on why it is actually NG.

I understand this position but there are a lot of honest collectors who post because they want to know if a card is real and how to spot fakes. This site should be about sharing knowledge and our passion for collecting. The scammers will always be out there but I don't feel we should let them stop us from helping the good guys.