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Originally Posted by jchcollins
People here can say things that are technically true, but the best way to learn is to flip through real vintage cards yourself. Get a pile of commons from a particular set or sets, and then play with them. Flip through a stack, get familiar with their quirks, idiosyncrasies, how they smell. What the print looks like up close. This is usually the first dead giveaway for obviously faked cards - something that has come off a modern laser printer is going to look nothing like the halftone dot process that was used on real vintage cards. Again, this can be explained, but difficult to learn in practice without experiencing yourself. Good luck!
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Took your advice and bought a few commons from 58 and 59 to compare the Mays cards to. I plan to buy a few commons from other years also as I progress and build a reference set.
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