Show us your fakes

[GrayGhost]

Leon, what dispute? That Cobb T205 is the glossy variation.

[FUBAR]

the cracker jacks and e95, i would have fallen for those...

[T206DK]

these E95's are showing up more frequently. It's easy to spot them in person. they look pretty real on the internet though. usually you can blow up a scan of one and see the border is not really white, and the black outline around the player isn't solid. There are allso E93's, E96's, and E98 fakes out there like this. this card is just a copy of a legit card printed onto old looking paper that is thick stock. then it was aged to look real. From a distance or on the internet it is tough to spot.

[smtjoy]

The shading of the real exhibits from 1939-66 come in a lot of variances from black to sepia/brown so its very hard to tell the fakes from the fronts, esp the white versions. Here are two examples of the range-

[teetwoohsix]

Thanks Scott,this is good to know.
When comparing the backs of these Exhibit cards,there is a clear difference between the real and the fakes.

Clayton

[Zach Wheat]

Clayton,

It is a lot easier to tell the pixelation of fake Exhibits if you compare them side to side with a real one. The fake ones will have a distinct fuzziness in terms of the quality of the picture. It is difficult to spot at first. Once someone pointed that out to me, I wondered why I never noticed it before.

[FUBAR]

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

Clayton,

It is a lot easier to tell the pixelation of fake Exhibits if you compare them side to side with a real one. The fake ones will have a distinct fuzziness in terms of the quality of the picture. It is difficult to spot at first. Once someone pointed that out to me, I wondered why I never noticed it before.

I know this will sound strange, but you couldn't see it for looking at it. or as the old addage .... you couldn't see the forest for the trees!

[ullmandds]

Here are a few, actually all of the bogus cards I've purchased in my day...besides a fro-joy babe ruth sheet purchased 20 years ago in college. The cross was sold to me at a nat'l when I was a kid...having no knowledge of the set...the non-black back is a sure give-away. The others are blatant...poorly scanned ebay jobs...both less than $10 each...so I didn't bother to complain when I received them.