;)

[ronniehatesjazz]

Gut tells me 100% fake. Just seems very suspicious.

[Bored5000]

A look at the bid history of the five previous cards the seller has sold should be all you need to see to stay far away from this auction. All five auctions had the same "0" feedback bidder taking part. In three of the auctions, the 0 feedback bidder was the underbidder. In one of the auctions, the 0 bidder "won" the auction. The 0 feedback bidder has a 94 percent bid rate with that seller.

It should also give reason for pause when a low feedback seller is suddenly selling cards of Ruth, Cobb, Hornsby (that, of course, would be "Rodgers" Hornsby), Wheat.

[brianp-beme]

The panel that has Ruth's name, etc. should be tinted gray. Fake in the most fake-like way.

Brian

[MW1]

Cheap photocopy.

[Jobu]

I am interested in everyone's thoughts as I know very little about b&w E cards, but the name box is gray, it is just a poor photo.

[drcy]

Appears fake and has brand new scotch tape across the middle, which I more than highly doubt anyone today would apply to a real version.

If you zoom in, the bottom lettering has a dox matrix, where the real lettering should be solid.

[steve B]

Interesting.

My first reaction was that it's fake. And for the price it will probably bring, that's the sensible choice.

But thinking and checking a couple things.

I'm not sure how I'd age the tape like that. I'd have to play around with some tape for quite a while and probably not find a way. So maybe point for?

Looking at examples I can find on Google, nearly all of them have consistent differences from this one that go beyond the name box.
Then I saw this one...
http://www.goodwinandco.com/1922_Ame...-LOT30994.aspx

Which matches the one from Ebay and is graded.
So that makes me wonder... Is the Ebay one good? Or is the One in the SGC slab fake and graded. (Or put in a compromised slab? although I'd like to think that would get caught by the auction house)

I'm not sure that would be enough for me to bid.
Especially knowing there have been press printed fakes of these series around for a long time. I bought this one back in early 78. (different series, but similar enough. )

[JeremyW]

The same seller "sold" a similar poor condition Ruth E121 (throwing pose) last week for over $2,600. eBay item number:132389757440

[MW1]

Originally Posted by steve B

I'm not sure how I'd age the tape like that. I'd have to play around with some tape for quite a while and probably not find a way. So maybe point for?

As stated above, the tape isn't aged. It's brand new tape applied over an artificially aged card.

Beyond that, look at Ruth's name and look closely at the name plate. There's no comparison between the two. The Goodwin card is real and the one sold by beachbumnj is a cheap photocopy.