1925 Exhibit Lou Gehrig, Is this real?

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by Leon

My immediate response from the scan is it is a reprint. The coloring, corners and back just don't look right to me.

+1 on all three, plus seems a bit too grainy. Take a loupe to it and check the dot pattern. It should be linear and regular. Most counterfeits were made by photographing a real card and re-screening it, resulting in an irregular dot patter.

Best of luck,

Larry

[mintacular]

Thanks everyone, appreciate your insights

[mintacular]

Just for kicks I sent this to comc and they listed as

1925 Exhibits White Box Lou Gehrig Poor to Fair.

What do I do now?

[SMPEP]

Wait ... everyone who's opinion you asked said it was fake ... real experts opined ... and you're allowing COMC to list this as real???

Wow.

[whitehse]

If you were sure this was a reprint why would you send it to COMC and now you want opinions as to what to do?

Where is the eye roll emoji when I need one.

[mintacular]

I have not listed it. I had the card laying around and figured what they hey send it with my next comc batch it will probably get a reprint or whatever designation but maybe someone would buy it for $5.

[mintacular]

I would NEVER knowingly defraud anyone. But what if they could be right? In the original collection there was some legit older stuff and while the 4 or 5 posters gave their OPINION that it is a likely reprint, what if it's not?

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by mintacular

1925 Exhibits White Box Lou Gehrig Poor to Fair.

What do I do now?

Send them an email or call them and ask that they authenticate it. They may want you to pay the $2 COMC Condition Review in the Grading options. They will not allow you to list counterfeits, only authorized reprints. So you might get it sent back to you instead.
I don't see it in the "Sold Out" listings for 1925 Exhibits. Can you send the link to the page the card is on?

[Exhibitman]

If you legitimately believe that there’s any chance that this thing is genuine then send it to a legit TPG for confirmation. If not, get it back from COMC or make them add reprint to the listing. Doing what you’re doing now lacks integrity.

[mintacular]

Adam, what are you talking about? I haven't listed the card for sale it is sitting in my port. It was sent in to sell as a reprint for $5 or so but someone at COMC graded it authentic, so I'm at the phase trying to get the correct determination. The unethical thing for me to do right now is list that card with a high price. Understand the OPINIONS I got from the board members were based on scans and those folks even cautioned me their opinion is not the same as if they could hold the card in hand. I can't tell you how many times I've posted a card on a message board and the opinions didn't bear out. For example, I bought two raw '80 BB Henderson RC that I thought could get 8s, and posted them. Almost every single poster commented that they would get less than 8 based on this and that. I sent them in. Both cards got 8s

[mintacular]

I decided to pay $2 for a COMC condition review, we will see what happens.