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Originally Posted by jp1216
Most (but not all Whiteouts are real cards with altered surfaces). There are fake Whiteout cards too. Bogus cheap reprint fakes. White Scribbles also have fake/bogus examples floating around out there. I've seen them sell for $300! Sad.
You'd have to ask the 'experts'. Again, the texture/surface can be made to look real in 5 minutes. I'm sure practice makes perfect...
I do have a couple cards that look close to Gilkeson's example. But I can also make one very easily. I try not to post these weird oddballs too much. It can lead to numerous fakes popping up overnight.
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Fair enough.
My interest in the Ripkens only went as far as whether or not this box version existed, I'm always excited about new discoveries in junk wax sets. The info you and BNorth have shared has been very helpful in understanding the whole whiteout thing. For years I've seen them turn up on comc and ebay and always felt they looked like someone had taken an eraser to them, a practice I'm familiar with while trying to chase down a rumored 1990 Upper Deck variation over the years.