Seeking some advice...

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by DLWJohn

I'm still very new at this but have been reading up on spotting fakes. Seeking an opinion here... beyond the fact its "listed as a reproduction" from what my newbie eyes can tell the Mathewson was looking good, or a VERY good fake until I looked at the corners....not the usual "rounded corners" shape, like they were cut then not very well roughed up....then I got to looking at his other items, all desirable cards, all with the same strange corners, and the same weird staining pattern on the backs....opinions from you eagle eyed veterans of the hobby very much welcomed

https://www.ebay.com/sch/aalt206/m.h...p2047675.l2562

See all those little brown lines that make the card look old. I have never seen those on a real card. Any time I see those I run away.

[Jobu]

Originally Posted by bnorth

See all those little brown lines that make the card look old. I have never seen those on a real card. Any time I see those I run away.

+1 There are lots of fakes on eBay with those lines on the back and sometimes the front.

The printing on the back of the T206 Matty is a little bit blurry, it should be sharper. Some of the other cards also have creases where the paper showing in the crease is lighter than it probably should be.

[T206Collector]

It’s a good fake. The color of the blue is wrong — too brightly hued. You’ve got to see the dot matrix pattern in the blue and Matty’s face before buying that card raw.

[Luke]

This article I wrote last year might help you get a bit more comfortable with raw T206s:

http://www.thatt206life.com/2017/02/...it-t206-cards/