T206 Ty Cobb - Real or Fake?

[terjung]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

And it is the brighteners added to the paper that fluoresce.

agreed. I meant bleaching agents used in the paper to brighten it during its manufacture.

[FrankWakefield]

Right, Brian.

If you're thinking of buying that card, shine a black light on it first and see what happens.

[jjkoestler]

Thank you for the information. Did a company actually produce reprints of this card, or are the fakes just an effort to dupe someone?

[terjung]

just fakes.

That'd easily be a 5 figure card. Word to the wise... until you can recognize definitively real from fake, only buy cards that have been graded by SGC or PSA. You'll save yourself headaches - not to mention money.

[ctownboy]

To me it is funny that there is a full picture of the back of the card yet the picture of the front of the card does not show Cobb's name. Wouldn't having Cobb's name shown help to better determine if this card is a worthless fake?

David

[Anthony S.]

It's fake.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/T206-Ty-Cobb...item35b6dc8898

[Runscott]

There has got to be a better way for these guys to simulate corner wear - this looks like it just got the sandpaper treatment.

[fkw]

nice catch Anthony

since it was bought for $10, what was the guy asking for the card?

thats the kind of crook that deserves to pick his teeth up off the ground if he tried to screw me like that...

[barrysloate]

Nobody would sell a Cobb with Cobb back raw and in a screwdown case. That's all I would need to know. It's fake.

[terjung]

Originally Posted by Anthony S.

It's fake.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/T206-Ty-Cobb...item35b6dc8898

D'oh. There you go.

[FrankWakefield]

And as for that PSA / SGC line up there, a fellow would do well to buy a Cobb/Cobb card only if he knew what to look for; a slip on a slab isn't proof of what's in the slab. Those slips have been wrong before.