Help Needed - 1948 Leaf Ruth & DiMaggio

[braves_43]

I recently acquired these 1948 Leaf Babe Ruth and 1948 Leaf Joe DiMaggio cards in a lot of 1950s & 1960s cards that I know are authentic. Since these are the high-dollar cards in the lot, I am just looking for some opinions on their authenticity. Do you think they're real or fake? Thanks so much!

[clydepepper]

Deron - I've never owned a DiMaggio, but I do have the Babe.

Your scans strain my old eyes but I am concerned about how uniform the rounded corners appear...doesn't look natural

The background on the Ruth looks a little shiny too.

I am no expert, these are just my opinions.

Here is my Babe so you can see one that I'm fairly sure is authentic:

BABE RUTH 1948 Leaf-3 PSA-5.jpg

Hope this helps you.

I always try to get graded cards if I'm getting high-dollar cards.

Good Luck,
Raymond
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[braves_43]

Thanks for the response, I appreciate it. The back really isn't shiny, it's just my bad phone. I was trying to take a good picture but it didn't work too well. Anyways, the back is rough and dull.

I usually go for graded cards too if I'm going high-dollar but these were in a lot of other cards I knew to be authentic so I went for it.

The corners have me concerned too but they do look natural up close.

[7nohitter]

This will sound stupid, but do they smell old?

I ask because I recently purchased '48 REPRINTS and the definitely smell different than the original 48's I own.

[braves_43]

Yes, they do smell old!

I was going to put that in my original post but I didn't want to sound like a weirdo.

The first thing I did was smell them when I opened them up today - LOL.

They have a VERY distinct "old smell."

[7nohitter]

Originally Posted by braves_43

Yes, they do smell old!

I was going to put that in my original post but I didn't want to sound like a weirdo.

The first thing I did was smell them when I opened them up today - LOL.

They have a VERY distinct "old smell."

Ha, nice! I think it's easy to duplicate color, fake wear and round corners....but that smell...that only comes with age!

[Gr8Beldini]

Originally Posted by 7nohitter

This will sound stupid, but do they smell old?

I ask because I recently purchased '48 REPRINTS and the definitely smell different than the original 48's I own.

That's not stupid. It's the first thing I check when confronted with a card I'm not sure about.

[Exhibitman]

Here is my thought, and I don't mean it to sound snarky, so I apologize if it does:

PSA
SGC
BVG

Any of them will readily answer the authenticity question better than any of us can from a scan.