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Kiddk1 09-17-2018 06:33 AM

'52 Mantle help
 
hello, I am new here, I just picked up some mantle cards at auction. I know there are plenty of counterfeits and I am planning on sending this card in to PSA but wanted your opinion. It has all the signs of being legit except no missing blue pixel

Thank you

https://app.box.com/s/piheablth30s53dspgx70sc1x4yapvoa

https://app.box.com/s/god4wdejjhyjqk78r3eijkrdd7f6zw0y
https://app.box.com/s/god4wdejjhyjqk78r3eijkrdd7f6zw0y
https://app.box.com/s/piheablth30s53dspgx70sc1x4yapvoa

Stonepony 09-17-2018 07:06 AM

Interesting....but if there is no missing pixel it's a fake.

Kiddk1 09-17-2018 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stonepony (Post 1813354)
Interesting....but if there is no missing pixel it's a fake.

Thank you, the reason I asked is because there is no mention here when addressing the variations
https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCa...id/26/cid/2506

Peter_Spaeth 09-17-2018 07:35 AM

There used to be a comprehensive guide online but it has disappeared. Variation B definitely has a missing pixel.

Peter_Spaeth 09-17-2018 07:37 AM

This is pretty good.
http://bbcemporium.com/1952-topps-mi...terfeit-guide/

Bestdj777 09-17-2018 08:20 AM

Top left corner looks artificially aged.

STL1944 09-18-2018 02:01 PM

Yankee
 
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Hope for your sake it is real, but at first blush it looks like it might be a reproduction. Just look at the differences in the Yankee logos:

irv 09-18-2018 02:43 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by STL1944 (Post 1813775)
Hope for your sake it is real, but at first blush it looks like it might be a reproduction. Just look at the differences in the Yankee logos:

Those are the 2 different types, Type 1 and 2.
Here's a type 2 to compare it to.

Kiddk1 09-18-2018 05:13 PM

Thank you
Held a black light to it and you can see thru it
Dont know if that’s normal

mckinneyj 09-19-2018 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiddk1 (Post 1813814)
Thank you
Held a black light to it and you can see thru it
Dont know if that’s normal

Probably a counterfeit. Use your light source on some other gray stock 52T and compare. Authentic 52Ts are opaque when using a bright white light so no front image is seen from the back - I'd expect the same with black but have never tested.

Peter_Spaeth 09-19-2018 03:56 PM

It does not have the missing pixel. Game set match IMO for a variation B.

KCRfan1 09-19-2018 10:54 PM

If you can see thru the card it's fake.

Aquarian Sports Cards 09-20-2018 06:40 AM

I love that we call it a missing pixel even though it was printed in a time when pixels, as we mean them today, didn't exist.

I'm surprised there are so many here who think it's a good fake (at least nobody thinks it's real) the fuzziness on the front especially of the lettering and tooling screams reproduction image, to me anyway.

Kiddk1 09-20-2018 06:56 PM

Thanks for all the advice, you can definitely see thru the card


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