1948 Leaf Babe Ruth - Help please

[GasHouseGang]

I'm not really familiar with what to look for on fake 1948 Leaf cards. However, I doubt a fake would have that miscut back with part of another card at the top. I vote real based on the back.

[Smarti5051]

Well, if you were a smart fraudster, you would make a well centered front with a horribly off-centered back. If it has an obvious flaw that does not hurt eye appeal on front, it will net a high price with the idea it "must be real" due to miscut on back. It explains why you would not have it graded. If it looked like a PSA 4-5 front and back, it would raise more questions about authenticity.

[OhioCardCollector]

Cheapest way to know for sure is send it to SGC. It will take less then 5 minutes to do it and box it up.

[brunswickreeves]

Typically (not always though, but a majority of time) there's no gaping between Ruth's shoulders and the boarder, in your example you can see slivers of the red background on each side. The red background color looks off, almost pink. The outline of Ruth's face/forehead near his hat doesn't seem consistent with real examples. Also, the card stock doesn't seem consistent with that from 48 and 49 examples. Lastly, I've never seen a miscut Ruth like this one with another card's text at top. Agree to send in, hope it's real as is a great card (big bold Ruth name on front, NY emblem on had, looking into the inevitable future that awaited him at such a young age, great portrait). Good luck.

[JeremyW]

It looks to be likely authentic, to me. If you have any high resolution scans/photos that would help.

[Carter08]

If real I’s ballpark close to $2k but hard to tell for sure without a grade.

[Leon]

This was moved from the correct section to the front page to get a few more eyes on it.
I vote probably authentic but could definitely be a really good fake...
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