Seeking opinions on c. 1897 Page Fence Giants trade card...

[Michael Peich]

I agree with Kenny. Matt's offered example looks like a reproduction especially the image which is less sharp than the original, and the overly white color of the stock it's printed on.

Kenny is the HOF's research mole who only comes out at night. He has incredible collections.

Stay safe,
Mike

[swarmee]

Does it fluoresce under black light? Does it smell old?

[bcbgcbrcb]

Not real. If you weren’t sure, you could always ask the seller to have it graded by PSA or SGC prior to purchasing it. Maybe even give them an incentive by offering a little more money to have it slabbed prior to you making the purchase.

[Kenny Cole]

Y'all actually made me laugh out loud.

[Kzoo]

Thanks for your opinions guys, I really appreciate your advice.

As I clearly stated in my first post, the seller is a friend of mine and I have not had the card in hand, as he lives about an hour from me. He just acquired the card yesterday and he never sends anything in for grading as he hates the whole process. That's why I was asking for opinions here first before purchasing.

Thanks again..........Matt

[oldjudge]

I'm going to go the other way and say that I think it could be real. If someone was copying the bigger one they would have made the printing the same. There are notable differences between the two. I'd want to loope it before I could say with certainty, but I think it has a good shot of being fine.

[Jobu]

Is it possible to get a scan? The printing isn't very sharp - and the lines look fuzzy. That could be because this is a print out of a scan/photo. If there are rosettes and multiple colors, then you know this is modern printing.

[petecld]

Over the years I have been contacted about this "mini proof" as one guy tried calling it a couple times. Both times I have had them sent to me and both times they were fakes.