1967 Tom Seaver RC Reprint...

[Harliduck]

Wow...same card right back up...crazy -


https://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-TOM-SE...gHOvg&LH_BIN=1

[stlcardsfan]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Wow...same card right back up...crazy -


https://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-TOM-SE...gHOvg&LH_BIN=1

That is a very good reprint. And yes the seller is very misleading.

[jingram058]

Yes, the other link points out how to detect fakes.

This one states fakes being sold as legitimate, and is fairly recent, as in the past year:

https://seekingalpha.com/article/438...ecommerce-boom

Again, search these threads. It has been discussed by people far more knowledgeable than me.

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by jingram058

This one states fakes being sold as legitimate, and is fairly recent, as in the past year:

https://seekingalpha.com/article/438...ecommerce-boom

Again, search these threads. It has been discussed by people far more knowledgeable than me.

That link also has nothing to do with my point. It's a very quick glimpse of looking at a fake vs real Lebron rookie card on the surface (from someone who doesn't appear to have any expertise in breaking down the difference)

I have searched this forum's threads about it. Simply looked up "fake" and went back almost 10 years. This is the closest thing that I found that discusses fakes that are supposedly indiscernible from the real thing, and even there, a seasoned vet (Steve Birmingham) feels he can tell the difference, and still mentions the same thing I referenced above (that the "ones that are wrong will be more obvious after you've seen enough originals").

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=253875

Which circles back around to what I first said: on one side of the argument, there are people like Steve there. On the other side, there are those who make claims like some place in New Jersey is pouring out perfectly undetectable fakes by the thousands (that's one I remember seeing myself somewhere). Which, btw, I googled "baseball card fakes new jersey" and came up with nothing else. Just the high profile guy who was trimming/altering. Maybe the person who said that was just mixing it all together.

Anyway....as someone with a lot of raw vintage myself, I'd also love to know where the truth lies on that spectrum. There's probably no way us laymen will ever know enough for sure, but my inkling is that opinions like Steve Birminghams are closer to reality than to unsubstantiated rumors of rampant perfect forgeries that can easily fool everyone.

And again, if someone has evidence to the contrary, feel free to correct me!