Real or Fake??? What's everyone think?

Bogeysave82 · Oct 20, 2013

I came across this Ty Cobb yesterday at a fair price I couldn't pass it up. Honestly I've never seen one. Everybody's thoughts real or fake and any tricks to tell before sending it off to get graded? Thanks

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olerud363 · Oct 20, 2013

My gut tells me that it might be a reprint, judging from how good condition it's in. I don't know much about that era of cards though.

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A_Pharis · Oct 20, 2013

The corners were artificially rounded.

TNP777 · Oct 20, 2013

post it up over on Net54 and see what the experts say

Lancemountain · Oct 20, 2013

its a w514 card. What did you pay? I'd never buy a cobb raw

TonyH · Oct 20, 2013

Yup, W514 but unfortunately not original. If you compare to an original you will notice the photo cropping, border close to right arm and he's missing fingers on his left hand.

nyc3 · Oct 20, 2013

TonyH said:
Yup, W514 but unfortunately not original. If you compare to an original you will notice the photo cropping, border close to right arm and he's missing fingers on his left hand.

While I think the OP'S card is a RP where are his fingers on this card?
Babe Ruth Ty Cobb 1921 W551 Incredible PSA 9 Mint Card | eBay

TonyH · Oct 20, 2013

nyc3 said:
While I think the OP'S card is a RP where are his fingers on this card?
Babe Ruth Ty Cobb 1921 W551 Incredible PSA 9 Mint Card | eBay

Great catch, I didn't know about the w551 strip cards. I've had plenty of the w514, w515-1 and a few w515-2 and didn't even notice the different text at the bottom.

sbfinley · Oct 21, 2013

Blue Text = Fake.

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Enfuego79 · Oct 21, 2013

A_Pharis said:
The corners were artificially rounded.

What does "artificially rounded" mean to a collector, fake?

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A_Pharis · Oct 21, 2013

Enfuego79 said:
What does "artificially rounded" mean to a collector, fake?

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It means someone put effort into making the corners look "worn". In doing so, they end up putting "clean" rounded corners.

Enfuego79 · Oct 21, 2013

What's the likelihood in the card/s being made that way originally?

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A_Pharis · Oct 21, 2013

Enfuego79 said:
What's the likelihood in the card/s being made that way originally?

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It was originally part of a small panel, I believe. Most people cut these types out with square corners... rounding edges intentionally is a common attempt at adding to authenticity.

A_Pharis · Oct 21, 2013

Oh, and that's not to say that real cards won't have rounded corners. There's just a huge difference between corners that are WORN from real age versus being cut/rubbed uniformly.

Enfuego79 · Oct 21, 2013

Got it! Thank you for the quick lesson

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