T206 plank - Need advice -Fake real?

[fkw]

Fake

The caption (Amer.) should extend father to the right past the "A" on uniform.

With creases like that there should be some chipping within the creases. The authentic T206 cards the top layer is a thin brittle paint like ink and will chip and flake rather than bend.

also the overall color is washed out and the caption looks to be the wrong color, and the black border line is missing or erased in spots, especially lower right side.

Its really not a good fake at all when you compare it to an autnetic Plank

[fkw]

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by fkw

Thanks for providing the scan Frank-that about sums it up

Clayton

[E93]

Fake, for all the reasons mentioned above.
Jim

[egbeachley]

The lowest part of the uniform "A" is right above the right part of the 'M' in Amer in the real one. Moved over on the fake.

So now lets get the real story on how the seller conveniently has this in a lot of 40 and almost got a nice sale. Craigslist?

[jdubbs10]

yes this is on craigslist. I too am very skeptical about it. Thanks everyone for your imput. I will look at this card in person when i look at the other 40 but most likely will pass on it.

Originally Posted by egbeachley

The lowest part of the uniform "A" is right above the right part of the 'M' in Amer in the real one. Moved over on the fake.

So now lets get the real story on how the seller conveniently has this in a lot of 40 and almost got a nice sale. Craigslist?

[Jaybird]

The other 40 aren't going to be real either. My guess is red letter Piedmont or some similar reprints.

Another thing is that he pasted this in an old book, but when cards were pasted in books (for real), they were usually done before they were beat to hell and the book ends up preserving them to a better degree. So, when you see beat to hell cards pasted in books, it raises a red flag.

Good luck to you. Hopefully you have held enough T206s in your hands to spot fakes easily enough. If not, you might not want to take the trip out there. 99% of the guys selling T206 on craigslist are fakes.

I say 99% but I really mean 100%

[canjond]

Fake - the card stock is noticeably off as well.