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Polar Bear Fake?
Posted By: willy1
I recently purchsed a T206 Slagle Polar Bear and the back appears to be very blue in bright light compared to the pure black of my other Polar Bears. The card's front looks legit, however the blacks are a little heavier than my other cards. Is this a fake? Any work on 'Blue Bears' going around? |
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Polar Bear Fake?
Posted By: Ben
If the PB back is significantly lighter than a navy colour, it's a fake- no doubt about it. Seeing a scan would sure help. If your card was an ebay buy, post a link so we can confirm. |
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Polar Bear Fake?
Posted By: Dave
This must be the ebay item, there is only one that matches: |
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Polar Bear Fake?
Posted By: Julie
they are definitey blue. |
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Polar Bear Fake?
Posted By: brian p
If the link provided by Dave is the card in question, I would say that nothing seems wrong with the back. Old cards vary in color for different reasons--exposure to light might have faded it a little, or perhaps navy blue was running a little on the light side that printing day. I would think that you have nothing to worry about. The more one collects vintage cards the more one realizes that the world is chock full of variations from the norm, and a porcupine is just a cactus that moves. |
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Polar Bear Fake?
Posted By: Elliot
The card in the link above looks fine to me. |
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Polar Bear Fake?
Posted By: willy1
Thanks for all of the input. The link provided is the card that I purchased. It is a dardk navey blue so it seems to match the descpitions provided by some of you. |
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Polar Bear Fake?
Posted By: Eric
One of the easiest ways to tell a fake is to hold it to the sunlight or up to a flourescent light and if you can read the back or see the players image it's no good. |
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Polar Bear Fake?
Posted By: hankron
The identification of counterfeits and modern reprints is straightforeward. With a cheap microscope of decent power (say 25x power minimum) examine the player image area. If the image is made up of a continuous (throughout the image) fine multi color dot pattern (lots of ink dots of different colors) like a modern trading card or magazine picture it is a reprint. |
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