1922 "BABE" RUTH HAFFNER'S BREAD baseball card

[Lucas00]

I'm suspicious of the black print defects on the back being very uniform (I assume this should differ but I can't find two of the same cards from the set to compare). Look to the left and the dots are identically placed, same with the right below home plate. Also the overall image like Leon said is just lacking about 30% of the shadowing it should have.
I'm also suspicious of how they seem to have the exact same centering, that is very unlikely.

[terjung]

I think you are right, Lucas. The same thing could be said for the front... about crotch height, midway toward the right border as well as the discoloration extending down through the bottom border from the left side ground level to the name block. Far from definitive, but those would be some of the things I'd expect to see from a scan/print (or Xerox, if you will).

[mrreality68]

I agree with the others that it seems suspicious and most likely a fake.
But if you are willing to roll the dice and send to PSA or somewhere for authenticating and see what happens, as Ryan says go for it.

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by terjung

I think you are right, Lucas. The same thing could be said for the front... about crotch height, midway toward the right border as well as the discoloration extending down through the bottom border from the left side ground level to the name block. Far from definitive, but those would be some of the things I'd expect to see from a scan/print (or Xerox, if you will).

Exactly. There are at least three print marks on the front that match up perfectly with the two Ruths shown here, and none of these are found on the PSA 1.5 Ruth. The discoloration is also lacking on the PSA 1.5 Ruth.

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

I'm suspicious of the black print defects on the back being very uniform (I assume this should differ but I can't find two of the same cards from the set to compare). Look to the left and the dots are identically placed, same with the right below home plate. Also the overall image like Leon said is just lacking about 30% of the shadowing it should have.
I'm also suspicious of how they seem to have the exact same centering, that is very unlikely.

Yeah, it looks like a copy of the HA card. Look at the vertical line on the back under the word "plate" on both cards.

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Yeah, it looks like a copy of the HA card. Look at the vertical line on the back under the word "plate" on both cards.

paskar,

Send it in for grading. There is one long, and I mean long, shot that these two Ruths were produced on the same machine within a short period of time thus the same flaw. Highly unlikely, but......... I would suggest PSA only because you could compare it to the SGC sample if it passes inspection.