My spidey senses say something is not right with these CJ's

[swarmee]

The Item Specifics section claim they're graded by SGC and have pieces of authentic material (relics) in them. So those descriptors are definitely wrong, unless you count candy stains as authentic material.

[gnaz01]

Fake

[glynparson]

absolutely fake. Or the worst picture in the history of ebay.

[Leon]

Saw them when they first went up. They are really poor fakes.

[iwantitiwinit]

"As is" in this case means "As isn't".

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

Curious what tips you off to being fakes? What specifically do you look at first? I noticed that the jersey white doesn't match with the borders like authentic cards do. But what's interesting is, he's got some 15's mixed in there too. Wonder if they're all fake?

Originally Posted by iwantitiwinit

"As is" in this case means "As isn't".

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ajjohnsonsoxfan

Curious what tips you off to being fakes? What specifically do you look at first? I noticed that the jersey white doesn't match with the borders like authentic cards do. But what's interesting is, he's got some 15's mixed in there too. Wonder if they're all fake?

For me, first I look and see if they are poor fakes by the lithography or other EASY to see attributes. If it passes those simple and purely aesthetic tests then I dig deeper. Once you see enough real ones you can pick off poor fakes fairly quickly. Also, the quality of the scan and venue/type of scan/picture are always taken into account too. The auction one vs a real one below. Hope this helps!!