1984 Nestle Don Mattingly

[swarmee]

Questions I would ask myself:
1) Are there genuine black and white of any card from the Nestle set?

2) If not, what is the likelihood that Topps created a black and white sheet of one card for a limited print run for Nestle?

3) And even if they did happen to do this for one player, why select Mattingly in 1984?
He'd exhausted rookie eligibility with only .280 / 4 / 33 in 300 at bats.

4) Is there any reason Nestle would have specifically requested a black and white sheet of Mattingly's back in 1984 when all their other cards (a complete set of nearly 800 cards, mind you) came in sheet form?

Therefore, QED: Fake.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Questions I would ask myself:
1) Are there genuine black and white of any card from the Nestle set?

2) If not, what is the likelihood that Topps created a black and white sheet of one card for a limited print run for Nestle?

3) And even if they did happen to do this for one player, why select Mattingly in 1984?
He'd exhausted rookie eligibility with only .280 / 4 / 33 in 300 at bats.

4) Is there any reason Nestle would have specifically requested a black and white sheet of Mattingly's back in 1984 when all their other cards (a complete set of nearly 800 cards, mind you) came in sheet form?

Therefore, QED: Fake.

Yep, that's what I thought. I was trying to keep an open mind, though. Just not so open that my brain fell out.

[Rich Klein]

Simple Answer: We had those Black and White Mattingly's in the NY area in the 1980's when I was a full-time dealer. We knew they were not good then and guess what, they are not good now

Rich

[REG1976]

topps Nestle cards were only available in sheet form & here is one of the black & white Mattingly versions picked this up mid 80's at a card show in South Jersey

[Exhibitman]

FWIW there are some great counterfeit 1980s out there. I have a blank backed Ripken’rookie’ that looks really convincing.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

FWIW there are some great counterfeit 1980s out there. I have a blank backed Ripken’rookie’ that looks really convincing.

If you have a 1982 Cello Pack with Ripken on top, the odds are about 99 out of 100 that's a blank back counterfeit.

Rich