Weighing your cards

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by egbeachley

Wouldn’t older cards expand in thickness and weigh more in humid environments?

Not in my experience. I haven't owned a ton of T cards like several on here. I have easily owned 100 T206s and 100 T210's and every one I have measured(a lot) are all within 1 thousandth of an inch.

Now older cards that have been wet/soaked and not dried properly will be a little thicker.

[rdwyer]

My thinking is the card stock on fake cards are heavier than real. (In grams). Can someone test this out, and let us know the results. I have a digital scale that does grams, carats, etc. Only have real T-cards, so I cannot test.

[bnorth]

Here is a pic of cards that are the same player from the same year. One of them is counterfeit.

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Here is a pic of cards that are the same player from the same year. One of them is counterfeit.

#7, starting on the left. What year are those cards?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

#7, starting on the left. What year are those cards?

Correct, they are 1989 Bill Ripken F Face cards. Strangely that counterfeit card sells for easily 3 to 4 times the real one. I know the counterfeits PSA graded sell for absolutely silly money. Yes Bill Ripken collectors are very strange.

It is a long time known counterfeit among advanced Bill Ripken collectors. I am not up on current totals but last I knew there was about 30 of the counterfeit cards known to exist.They are very well made and fool most people rather easily.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Correct, they are 1989 Bill Ripken F Face cards. Strangely that counterfeit card sells for easily 3 to 4 times the real one. I know the counterfeits PSA graded sell for absolutely silly money. Yes Bill Ripken collectors are very strange.

It is a long time known counterfeit among advanced Bill Ripken collectors. I am not up on current totals but last I knew there was about 30 of the counterfeit cards known to exist.They are very well made and fool most people rather easily.

And they include features I've never seen on a fake. Unlike most where shortcuts are typical whoever did them spent a lot of effort, so much that I'd think there would be far more of them.

[toledo_mudhen]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Correct, they are 1989 Bill Ripken F Face cards. Strangely that counterfeit card sells for easily 3 to 4 times the real one. I know the counterfeits PSA graded sell for absolutely silly money. Yes Bill Ripken collectors are very strange.

It is a long time known counterfeit among advanced Bill Ripken collectors. I am not up on current totals but last I knew there was about 30 of the counterfeit cards known to exist.They are very well made and fool most people rather easily.

Ben - your post immediately prompted me to go out on the ePay and purchase 2 Bill Ripken F Face cards which the perfect feedback seller described as "Fresh Pulls". Upon completion of my impulse buy - it occurred to me that other than the card thickness that you describe I don't really know how to determine the "Reprint" version on these. Online search not offering a lot of info either. Could you describe the differences or indicators? Thanks

Update - Found your post from 2013 on the boards (not sure why I didnt search here 1st).

If anyone else interested : https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=175607

[steve B]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Not in my experience. I haven't owned a ton of T cards like several on here. I have easily owned 100 T206s and 100 T210's and every one I have measured(a lot) are all within 1 thousandth of an inch.

Now older cards that have been wet/soaked and not dried properly will be a little thicker.

That's what I found when I measured several of mine. They were very consistent, and pretty much the same on humid days as they were on dry days.