63 - Rose - Real or Reprint

[JoeDfan]

Stamped back version.

I have that one! Can you confirm it is one of the LA fakes that the guy successfully sued to get back?

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by JoeDfan

Stamped back version.

I have that one! Can you confirm it is one of the LA fakes that the guy successfully sued to get back?

I also have a copy of the stamped back counterfeit Rose rookie and it was always my understanding that if they had these two stamps on the back then they were part of the major counterfeit job from back then and had been stamped by the FBI or something like that. According to the court documents, they were also all supposed to be destroyed as far as I remember so the ones that are still out there are special in my mind at least.

[tedzan]

Both of these cards are fakes. I paid $5 apiece for them at the 1982 National in St Louis. The counterfeitor did an excellent job of counterfeiting the Rose rookie.
However, he was very stupid trying to dump all (or most) of these cards at one Show. If I recall correctly, coast-to-coast flights in 1982 were as cheap as $99.--
He could have flown to several Shows through out the country and sold them in smaller lots. I doubt if anyone would have suspected that they were fakes, then.

In 1982, the Rose rookie was selling for about $200 (and, going higher).








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