Another reprint being sold as original

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by dstraate

I'm not doubting anybody, but how do you know it's a reprint? What are the tells? I don't know a thing about CJ cards.

The boarders are too white for the condition. If you look at the ripple at the top of the Eddie Collins card, you will see some kind of paper coating that doesn't exist on originals.

Edit: I disagree about being able to buy better reprints here. Those reprints are just as ugly. (I'll admit the '33 Gehrig scared me a little, the rest are trash)

[glenv]

Like mentioned above, the borders are too white. The jersey should blend into the border, like the scan below.

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[Vol]

Originally Posted by fkw

If you look at the authentic card above, notice how the border and uniform are the exact same color and blend together, they didnt use ink for the white parts of the card, only the natural paper color.
When they design these reprints they crop the borders off then add a new white border and caption thus the borders are too white and caption is usually too bold. These are some of the easiest of all reprints to spot.

Originally Posted by Matthew H

The boarders are too white for the condition. If you look at the ripple at the top of the Eddie Collins card, you will see some kind of paper coating that doesn't exist on originals.

Just learned a great lesson...Thanks