Goudey Ruth opinion

[steve B]

The dover reprint for this one I think had a black back, and got the colors closer to right.

The Renata Galasso reprints though... Look just like this.

[Lorewalker]

I do not like the focus on the card and it screams of reprint but I do not know how much of that is a poorly lit cell phone pic. The wear to the top two corners from the back and the front certainly suggests, to my eyes, the type of wear that would be present on a Goudey. Also the heavy crease on both the back and front suggest the same. A card with that much wear however would likely not have such white borders. Again I would love to see a scan. A clear scan would be more definitive.

[Yoda]

What led me to believe it was a Dover reprint was the heavy use of black ink. Compare the colors on Ruth's cap, belt and stockings in the reprint to Leon's true and beautiful Babe. The black is much sharper when it should be more of a faded blue. This is more pronounced on Dover CJ reprints, which flooded the market about 20 years ago raw by some of the usual suspects still around today. I stand behind Dover Reprint.