Help identifying possible fake w517 Rogers Hornsby

[FrankWakefield]

The Hornsby without that line looks suspicious.

Have you illuminated both sides of the card with a black light??? If either side or the edges fluoresce then you have your answer, for sure. Get a uv light and let us know the results.

[JustinD]

It's suspect, I don't think I can remember a W517 Hornsby without that scratch ever in my life. I would take them up on the offer of cancelling.

Also, like the majority of us...don't buy from that seller.

Edited to add -
Scott above is unquestionably correct, the word lot is a bigger warning sign than getting in a cab with a driver that just dropped an empty fifth of cheap whiskey from the window. Turn and run, especially if they capitalized it for you in the title.

[BabyRuth]

This board is amazing - you learn something new everyday here. Here's my Hornsby from my set (with the line!!!)

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by BabyRuth

This board is amazing - you learn something new everyday here. Here's my Hornsby from my set (with the line!!!)

Yes, It's easily overlooked.

I have always thought it was a scratch in the negative as it runs across all color types and just doesn't seem to have the same characteristics of a plate scratch. There might be one without somewhere if it is indeed a plate scratch, please post it if someone has the missing link. I would love to see one!

[chalupacollects]

Looks like a faked copy, image is way fuzzy compared to the other examples shown. For instance, take a look at the sharpness of the dugout lines in the background. Is that really a scratched plate or is it a cable running as part of the stadium in the background?

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by chalupacollects

Looks like a faked copy, image is way fuzzy compared to the other examples shown. For instance, take a look at the sharpness of the dugout lines in the background. Is that really a scratched plate or is it a cable running as part of the stadium in the background?

Could very well be a cable.

I don't know if the Hornsby picture was taken at Wrigley, as it seems to have a very different background from the picture of Hack Wilson at Wrigley (I think) below, but thought I'd share the pic anyway. Note that I do think that the Cubs had an alternate home jersey with pin stripes added in 1930, so the Hornsby pic might possibly be at Wrigley.

The other picture of Hornsby is completely unrelated, but still has a cable in the upper right.

[The Detroit Collector]

I have dealt with the seller before. I do not like them. The photos in the listing are not what the card actually looks like. Keep that in mind with your next moves. I have bought a Earl Averill Goudey wide from them. photos below. The card when received looked nothing like the listing. I had it returned and refunded.