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Posted By: Paul Muchinsky
Knowing nothing about autographs, I was fascinated with how knowledgeable hobbyists can spot fake autographs by such subleties as the shape of a certain portion of a certain letter in an autograph. There is no substitute for wisdom born of experience. I regret to note the quality of reproductions in pinbacks is increasing. Advances in computer-aided imagery are removing the tell-tale signs of a repro (crispness of image, shadowing, etc.). The key to detection has shifted more to the remaining components of the pinback: the celluloid, the collett, and the backplate. I believe due to very low demand, there are still very few repro pinbacks in existence. However, my fear is the forgers will know their weaknesses, and will "work backwards". If they took an original pinback of the proper diameter, gently decomposed the parts of the pinback, they could with the proper equipment create a pinback with a near flawless image, all the while using vintage parts (from some other pinback). The two toughest steps would be to "un-press" the components of a pinback without damaging them, and pealing the celluloid for re-use over a different image. The FBI is encountering an analogous problem with counterfeited high-denomination US currency by foreign governments (most notably North Korea). The counterfeiters have solved the problem of getting the "real paper" by chemically washing lower-denomination bills. Thus we are seeing new US currency with more distinctive markings. My best guess as to the pinbacks most likely to be reproduced in such a fashion are not the old classics from the early 1900s, but the highly desirable pinbacks associated with the 1961 Yankees. Their diameters were very common and traditional for the era, and thus there would be an ample supply of ancillary components. Justice would be a counterfeit pinback paid for in cash at a show with counterfeit $100s. |
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reproduction pinbacks
Posted By: Tom Boblitt
I read an article the other day about fake coins coming out of China. Of course, a hotbed for manufacturing, the already manufactured fake coins from their own country and apparently now fake Trade Dollars and other coins are being generated in China, some good enough to be slabbed apparently. I'd think buttons would be especially difficult to counterfeit. Something such as a Cameo Pepsin pinback has such a distinct set of characteristics that it'd be very difficult to make one finding all the right components and aging it but I guess, as with everything else, it could be done someday. |
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
Do you suppose there will ever come a day when counterfeiters become so skilled as to render collectibles virtually worthless? Is it really impossible (too expensive) to duplicate the ink and printing process used to make T206 cards? |
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Posted By: Paul Muchinsky
I am not really at all qualified to render an opinion on anything in the sports memorabilia hobby other than pinbacks, so I will defer to the card experts on your specific question. But here are two issues I have thought about regarding what we call "authentic" and what other sectors of society call "truth". Neither issue has anything to do with sports memorabilia. |
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
I think we're getting to the point where there are so many card issues going for huge amounts of money that it's feasible for the counterfeiters to go all out and spend a lot of time and money making the fakes. Probably not so in pinback collecting right now, but from what you've written I would stay very far away from those 1960s Yankee issues, but I would have no problem going after a Cameo Pepsin pin at this point. |
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