Ty Cobb King of Smoking
 

Any insight as to whether this card is real or fake?

Looks repro to me.

Oh boy

my vote
 

I vote for repro as well.......

It's hilariously fake.

Looks completely fake

Yes. Most assuredly, that $250,000 card is fake.

If you hang around this forum much you wouldn't even need to ask that question. It's a good question but a very, very poor fake...
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The back actually doesn't look horrible! haha. But yes from the front an obvious fake.

Real or fake?

That last one has all the characteristics of a genuine card. If it’s a fake it’s a good one.

The first one is real. This one is fake...I'll give you $5o for it.

As others have mentioned, a fake. Even if not familiar with how a real card should look, a telltale sign that a card is fake is the dark squiggle lines. Of the images provided, they are most visible on the top border of the closeup of the top of the card. I have not encountered a card that has these squiggles to be real...all have been considered to be non-authentic.

Brian

Also the corners, a true giveaway.

Ha, I'll see your $50, and raise it another $50!

Some call those lines "crackle," and you're right, they are a dead giveaway.

Nobody likes a show-off, except for all of us here on Net54. :D

My money is on Ryan's being real.

Lol.

I figured it made sense to post a real one for comparison, and then I started wondering if people would call it real or fake. There were few responses, but they were all correct

Cobb
 

Great card, Ryan!