Thoughts on these patches? Fakes?

[Y4NK335]

Was browsing some patches when I noticed this seller had a ton of incredible patches. Not accusing him/her of anything but is this just an awesome patch collection for sale or do any of these scream fake?

http://shop.ebay.com/donut13666/m.html? ... m270.l1313

I know there may be some patch experts on the board that may be able to help me out. Thanks!

 

[ChasHawk]

The Ultimate jumbos are all legit, but some of the others look a little too nice.

 

[Y4NK335]

The Ultimate jumbos are all legit, but some of the others look a little too nice.

That's what I thought as well. Some seemed too good to be true, but on the other hand some would be pointless to fake (laroche, karros) and I felt like I may have seen some of those ultimates before. His completed listings also contain some VERY questionable patches.

 

[bear0555]

My belief is that the seller is a victim of purchasing fake patches before (possibly) becoming aware they are fake and that he did not produce them himself (if in fact they are fake).

 

[mudflap02]

All the twins patches are from the exact same patch. I am bored and I love MS Paint. Back in 15 minutes.

 

[mudflap02]

So even going back through some of his completed auctions, these are the Twins patches I see. He is selling a lot of stuff that is unquestionably real, but some of these fit together too nicely, especially since they were supposedly produced by different companies (some are from Fleer, some from UD, some from Topps.) As others have said before, really nice patches inserted right side up always seem too good to be true. The green highlighted ovals are all the same part of the patch, so there were at least 3 different almost identical patches cut up to make these swatches. Again, not sure if the seller is the one doing it or not, but a lot of these look fake, especially when there are so many nice patches from Twins players. I would even find it easier to swallow if he were in Minneapolis, but the seller is in Oregon. Complete pic of an intact patch is included.

 

[A_Pharis]

That guy has been brought up numerous times.

Almost all fake.

 

[Y4NK335]

Thanks guys!

Good work mudflap, its a shame cause I was really interested in picking up a Helton patch for a potential custom. Frustrating to say the least.