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Pine Tar said:
That's one big cup :lol:WoundedDuck said:
fkw said:Yes the Hornsby is a 1928 (blue tint), 100% authentic, and its about a $35-$45 card in that shape
now the bad news.....
the others are prob not authentic
the back will clue you in on the other cards, there is a good chance they are the reprints and have no value at all
the authentic cards are cream colored on back (see image below), the fakes are either white or gray backed.
I say I believe they are fakes because they have unusual cuts showing edges with lines and white showing (not found on authentic cards), and images were cropped (actually the projection is off, so looked cropped, ie Hodges hat missing top), and also the card pictured span many years (1947-60s) yet are all the same NRMT++ looking condition, and same color tint.
If authentic... (highly doubtful)
the Williams Exhibit with the "Printed in USA" was made only in 1960 (B&W) and really should be B&W not Sepia... so Im sure its a fake.
info.... Williams being listed as a 1939-46 card is 100% false, it is collected as part of the so called 1939-46 "salutations" set, but the exhibit supply co. made a new set almost every year and recycled images for them... including using salutation style cards well past 1946 (Feller, DiMaggio, Williams, etc.)...
although these cards are all prob fakes....... the key in dating them is by the "MADE IN USA" (1939-50, width of the print will break it down to the exact year), "Made In USA" (1951, 52, 53, 1952 cards are only B&W, other 2 years are Sepia), PRINTED IN USA (1954-56 and all have the script font at bottom except Reese), Printed in USA (1957-est1966)
if interested here is my breakdown on how to date exhibits from 1939-60s
http://centuryoldcards.com/1930/1939-66ExhibitInfo.html
example of the back color of an authentic card
1947 Hodges (rookie year)
. The Hornsby was a separate purchase that I got pretty reasonbly as well.
