*Shoeless Joe Jackson* White Sox Pinback

[GrayGhost]

Well, to my friend who saw them and I, the BACKS should be the dead giveway. Hopefully the guy will state they may be reproductions, or some may read this, and retract bids.

[Leon]

Nice catch guys. I bookmarked them before I saw this thread this morning. The seller has some other high end stuff so my guess is that unless he puts something in the descriptions, folks that don't read this board, are going to be out quite a bit of money...

[batsballsbases]

Thanks Leon,
Here is a little more info taken from the Hake Steckler Book. I guess you can make up your own mind

[Jacklitsch]

Not sure I can agree, with certainty, that they are not real.

While not purporting to be a pin expert I question why, if in fact they are forgeries, the size is different and the paper insert is in a completely different style.

Seems to me that a sophisticated forger, having duplicated the obverse to perfection, would have given attention to those discrepancies.

[batsballsbases]

Hi Steve,
If you can come up with any other info showing why my info is wrong Im all ears. I do alot with pins and have spoken with many of the Guys I know who are in the "the know" and they all agree they ARE FAKE. By the way Steve I have this little bridge Im selling ..................

[batsballsbases]

The pins have been taken down .As a follow up My very good friend Rob Lifson sent me an email confirming what I thought from the start the pin scans were taken from Robs advertising post cards and copied right down to all the black marks and other small marks. Rob made some calls and in a flash they were removed! Thanks Rob always a pleasure! Al

[canjond]

What are the advertising postcards? Never heard of them before.