Where are the 1000s of Vintage Card Reprints on ebay coming from??

[clydepepper]

The most obvious to me is the '63 Mantle.

...hope I'm right. The corner wear looks too uniform as does the paper lose on the bottom two corners,

[CobbSpikedMe]

Any more guesses on these guys? If you post your thoughts I'll send you a PM letting you know if you're right or not. Then I'll post after a few days which are real and which are fake.

[bnorth]

Like you say they are easy to spot in hand and hard from a picture.

My guess is the 56 Clemente, Aaron, and Koufax are bad.

[irv]

I honestly don't know, but I am going to guess the Mantle's?

[cesarcap]

My guess: 63, 67 and 56.

[chalupacollects]

Looks to me like both Mantle's the 67 Aaron and the 56 Clemente...

[jb67]

My guess would be the Aaron, the 63 Mantle and the 56 Clemente. Usually the reprints that I have seen have outstanding centering.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by jb67

My guess would be the Aaron, the 63 Mantle and the 56 Clemente. Usually the reprints that I have seen have outstanding centering.

You nailed them. I was hoping to just show how people can create fakes at home that are pretty hard to tell from a scan if they are real or fake.

When you have them in hand you can see the damaged corners are actually printed that way and cut by hand to round them. But the cutting still leaves raw card around the printed damage. Easily seen as fake in person. The cardboard is way to smooth too. Overall, I think they are neat for comparison value to real cards and for educating people who are just getting back into the hobby.

Thanks for your responses and for guessing guys.

AndyH