Fake Cobb Ghost

[Jobu]

This card is definitely a fake. Some details here for those who want to know why I say that:

Consider first the image quality - if those layers were printed on the back you would have a full, solid image of Ty Cobb on the back as if it were the normal front of a card, it would just be on the back. Instead, there is this weird shadowy ghost there, which means that the layers weren't actually printed there.

Another option is a wet sheet transfer, which would never be this clear - the best of those can be cool but they still generally lack the finer details.

The final option is a roller/cylindrical transfer which is how the cool gray ghosts are made. However, that image would be much clearer and, more damningly, I have never seen one of those with more than a single layer printed. The way they are made is that the press is run without a sheet of paper being fed into it, meaning the single layer of ink then transfers onto the roller instead of the paper that ought to be there. The next sheet through then gets the image printed correctly and also has the ink from the roller transferred onto the back of the card as the paper goes through. As the ink wears off of the roller the image weakens, which is why there is some variation in the quality of this type of ghost image. For this many colors to be there this accident would have had to happen for all of them -- which is pretty much impossible.

[T205 GB]

The Slab was an Auth grade. Same way you get scraps and other print errors. The problem is they should have refused to holder it because in a Auth holder someone not versed in what to look for could easily be taken for some good money thinking they got a great deal but ended up getting ripped off