Babe Ruth Rookie card on Ebay

[nhsportsguy]

This town is literally 10 minutss away, maybe I should go check it out.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by nhsportsguy

This town is literally 10 minutss away, maybe I should go check it out.

Save your time it's fake. The white part inside the black border is too large. Seller should have taken the 10.5k

[maximus35]

Originally Posted by Leon

Save your time it's fake. The white part inside the black border is too large. Seller should have taken the 10.5k

You mean this card is really fake? I spoke with the seller last night and was supposed to make a trade tomorrow. I was going to trade my Harley for it.

[Babe3Ruth3]

Originally Posted by maximus35

You mean this card is really fake? I spoke with the seller last night and was supposed to make a trade tomorrow. I was going to trade my Harley for it.

I hope you were just being sarcastic.

[maximus35]

Originally Posted by Babe3Ruth3

I hope you were just being sarcastic.

LOL of course. After that huge California Craig's list scam several years ago I wouldn't buy a thing off Craig's list.

[bravos4evr]

yep, it's a fake/reprint. The border is wrong , Babe's eyes are too dark and you don't see enough of his left foot. Go compare that photo with this real one :

http://www.psacard.com/articles/arti...ecords-set-rea

[pbspelly]

Two questions:

I see lots of discussions about printing anomalies and varieties. How can you tell the difference between a fake card and a real card with a printing anomaly? For example, how do you know that there aren't any genuine Babe Ruth rookie cards that show a little bit less of the left foot and slightly darker eyes? Or that some cards weren't printed with a bit more white space. We know that centering can change from one genuine card to another, so why not stuff like borders and cropping? I'm not doubting that you are right, I'm just curious.

And second, if somebody was copying a real card to make a fake one, why wouldn't the copy it look exactly the same as the real one? Wouldn't a fake be done by photographing or scanning a real one?

Again, I'm not doubting that you're right or trying to defend this card as genuine. I'm just curious how this all works.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by maximus35

You mean this card is really fake? I spoke with the seller last night and was supposed to make a trade tomorrow. I was going to trade my Harley for it.

I am only 99% sure. There is still a chance ...