Monday My Cards Were Counterfit

[iggyman]

Cards have been doctored for a long time. Here is a story about an incredible discovery way back in 1975......a T206 Wagner "Batting Pose!!!"

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...athgeber&hl=en


Here is the sad follow-up (for the quick cliff-notes just read the last few paragraphs in the article). On the plus side, we learned that collectors were familiar with the effects of water and dunking (and I'm not talking about Julius Erving).

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...l+wagner&hl=en

Lovely Day...

[autograf]

I probably still would have kept it. Would have been something my dad bought for me with great intentions. Good it won't wind up in someone elses hands as a counterfeit though.....

[CW]

Ugh, sorry to hear that, Peter.

But I guess you can look on the bright side.... now you can
have a new collecting goal: find 2 nice, low-grade, authentic
N28 Clarkson & Keefe cards and add them to your collection.

I am sorry to hear that. I have been lucky about not getting any fake cards but my prewar collection is small so far.

TT

[tbob]

One of the best things about this Board is the acquisition of knowledge. Knowledge is crucial when buying vintage baseball cards. The many articles and pictures displayed here can easily make any collector able to spot fakes, although counterfeit or altered cards are becoming better and better through the years. The Board not only educates about cards and the history of baseball in general, but provides an invaluable tool to spot altered cards and fakes.
I'm sorry that your cards were not real but any collector here who has been reading the Board and has experience in touching and viewing cards could have spotted they weren't real in less than a second. It's a hard lesson to learn, that you have bought cards which were fake, but we have all been there.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Sorry that happened to you Peter