12 inch Babe Ruth die cut counter sign

[combatsports4life]

I believe I've found one at my local antique store but I have no clue if it's real or fake. I assume it's fake just based on the odds but who knows. To give a little back story, my dad and I found it in an old picture frame sitting in one of the back rooms of one of our local antique stores. I know there are tons of Fro-joy card reproductions but I haven't seen much on counter sign reproductions.

It's 12 inches, apears to be old, has a spot on the back where a stand clearly was, is made out of pretty solid cardboard material and has a hole in the top of it as if someone had it hanging at one time. Here are some pics.

edit: sorry I'm new here and trying to figure out how to post pics.

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[Leon]

I gave my opinion in an email but a few more would help.....there are a few other pics too but I think these will do it.....

[combatsports4life]

If nothing else I learned a lot through this process, thanks for the help.

[GrayGhost]

Looks fake and artificially aged.

[GoldenAge50s]

Graphics are terrible!

[nebboy]

A little about printing/finishing - The die cut for an item like this would be a pretty hard thing to get right and a lot more work/expense, than people that like to re-print things want to go through. If it were re-printed it would be done on a somewhat larger scale print run to off set the finishing cost.

Black light and a loop should give you some sence of age.

[combatsports4life]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

Looks fake and artificially aged.

Well it's definitley old, it's got that weird musty smell if you know what I mean. I should take better pictures too because the graphics really aren't that bad, well at least I didn't think so lol.