Babe Ruth Goudey 'is it real'+ paypal question

[frankh8147]

Thank you for your responses- my question though is why? The Ruth in the picture is, by my judgement, real (which of course does not mean it's the one he is sending). I understand it's a gamble but besides the low feedback, what are the red flags? Again, I appreciate the responses, i'm just trying to gain some information which I can use to proceed on future purchases. Thanks again.

[drc]

The Ruth in the pic doesn't look like an obvious reprint, but Goudey Ruth reprints can be deceptive and I wouldn't have bid on the lot under the totality of the circumstances. One of the circumstances is I'd expect a picture of the back of the card and another is I don't want a binder full of 1992 Donrus.

I hope you end up with a genuine Goudey Ruth. Maybe a feedback of 4 just means the seller is inexperienced in advertising baseball cards.

From what I hear, if you pay with credit card/paypal you should be protected.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by frankh8147

Thank you for your responses- my question though is why? The Ruth in the picture is, by my judgement, real (which of course does not mean it's the one he is sending). I understand it's a gamble but besides the low feedback, what are the red flags? Again, I appreciate the responses, i'm just trying to gain some information which I can use to proceed on future purchases. Thanks again.

The red flag is that most people including the seller know that just the Ruth, if real, is a $1000+ card. Why would someone sell that and a bunch more valuable cards for a third of it? If it's too good to be true it usually (but not always) is. That is the reason.

[barrysloate]

Low feedback, card is raw, bad photo shot at angle and from a distance, price is below wholesale...put it all together and you have your answer.

[frankh8147]

Thank you all for your responses; I appreciate it! -Frank