Unbelievable (?) Buy at Athens Flea Market

[chalupacollects]

Hmm always the oil stain look…


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[Snowman]

Majority are reprints, but there are a few real ones in there. The cheaper ones unfortunately.

[bnorth]

That is a pretty large collection of very obvious fakes. Hope it was crazy cheap or at least a few turn out to be real.

[brunswickreeves]

Fake as the day is long. Perfect centering is usually a dead giveaway, followed by muddy print coloring.

[TAFKADixie]

I told him a BUNCH were going to be fake, but would be able to tell him more once they're in hand. I think he said he paid $500.

[glchen]

Originally Posted by TAFKADixie

I told him a BUNCH were going to be fake, but would be able to tell him more once they're in hand. I think he said he paid $500.

All fake. Unfortunately, your friend is out $500. I was a bit unsure about the signed 1985 Star Miichael Jordan, but you can see from this link here (Link), it is just an Etsy reproduction. Better to just stick with ebay and their authentication guarantee program.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by glchen

All fake. Unfortunately, your friend is out $500. I was a bit unsure about the signed 1985 Star Miichael Jordan, but you can see from this link here (Link), it is just an Etsy reproduction. Better to just stick with ebay and their authentication guarantee program.

Agreed, all the pre war are Etsy fakes.

[Jewish-collector]

All reprints, but the seller's price was that he had the decimal in the wrong place. He had, mistakenly, an extra zero before the decimal. All might be worth $50.00 together.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by TAFKADixie

I told him a BUNCH were going to be fake, but would be able to tell him more once they're in hand. I think he said he paid $500.

Ouch, this may hurt quite a bit then. These are all Etsy cards, looking at the print, wear patterns and numerous other items I personally don’t think a single one is real, none. Even the Fleer Koufax is a 98 cent Etsy card.

I think he fell into dangerous waters and likely got scammed for the full lot which cost the seller about 80 bucks at most and a hours work selecting his order. I won’t beat on it, pass on my sympathies.

[ALBB]

nice, they look pretty good

[D. Bergin]

Pretty good day at the flea market…for the seller.

[Bpm0014]

It’s like an April Fools Day joke 8 days late!

[TAFKADixie]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

It’s like an April Fools Day joke 8 days late!

Haha. Well played.