1928 Babe Ruth Candy Company - Real or Fake?

[1880nonsports]

but the ghosting on the back in the one instance I looked at matched thereby lending credibility on the real side. On the other side of the coin - they were all different and all found together and all well used. Not disqualifying but suggestive as a secondary accumulation. I might start with a sniff...........

[JustinD]

I Will admit this is definitely an issue that I do not even trust myself on. These babies are the Mensa of sorting fakes.

[wolterse]

Why won't psa grade this issue as the owner states in the description?

[Batter67up]

The artificial staining on the back tells me they are 100% fake. I bought one of these in 2004 that had the same staining ( artificial aging) and it was fake. I would stay away from these.

[bigfish]

The front images are blurry. Makes it hard to determine. This might be by design? I smell rotten eggs.

I would stay away.

[BeanTown]

This series was the most popular to fake back in the 90s. Many collectors and dealers got burned on them. I know of one dealer in Florida who took a hit on this.

When a seller says "I'm not an expert" and a buzz word like "appear" and then you see they were turned down by a grading company, then to me it seems a risky buy.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by wolterse

Why won't psa grade this issue as the owner states in the description?

I know PSA, and SGC won't grade them due to the prevalence of really good fakes and they honestly don't want to stake a reputation on them. Not sure about BVG, but I have not seen a BVG graded copy.

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by JustinD

I Will admit this is definitely an issue that I do not even trust myself on. These babies are the Mensa of sorting fakes.

Completely agree with Justin. The appearance of being artificially aged would prohibit me from buying.

Z

[EvilKing00]

blurry front images and the staining on back will keep me from making an offer - IMO they look fake

[Exhibitman]

Can't tell squat from the crappy scans online.

As for whether the issue itself is genuine, I think it is based on the raw ones I've handled (but only the whiter version; the others may be good but I haven't actually played with any), but I would not want to buy one I could not handle myself to check it, though I suppose with really crisp scans in a reputable TPG holder I would be OK too.

Justin, is it these they won't grade too? I thought that was FroJoys. I had mine slabbed with SGC a long time ago.

[ValKehl]

My type-card example also has been graded by SGC - hope it's legit:

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Justin, is it these they won't grade too? I thought that was FroJoys. I had mine slabbed with SGC a long time ago.

I could very, very possibly be wrong, I thought it was both but I stopped knowing everything around age 17, lol.

I was under the impression SGC no longer grades them.

[Leon]

My thought on these was/is probably not good but not 100% sure. They look too grainy...