Strange looking pre-war cards on ebay

[steve B]

Yes, very thin. I'd call it more of a thick photo paper. And it's usually pretty brittle.

Which is part of what makes these look wrong. To be stained that badly, but to also have no creases or cracks, no loss of the surface and sharp corners is just weird. I'm not saying it couldn't be, but a couple of them really look like photo reproductions that have been exposed to coffee or something.

Of course I'm comparing to a small sample of the two I own, one team and one player. Both of which are pretty beat, but not stained.

Still not quite sure on these, part of me says fake, part of me says not fake, but I can't think why. The sellers history gives no clues either. Some books, a doll, a calendar, and a bunch of "private auctions" where there's no info about the item.
The fatima reprints are actually someone elses.

Steve

[FrankWakefield]

T200s, the little ones, are photographic paper. Not card stock, not even thick photo paper... just photo paper. They're very thin, and fragile.

[ethicsprof]

I say red flag as well.

and with Frank, i would underscore that they are very fragile, thin, photo paper. i have 12 different teams and have to protect them most carefully.

best,
barry

I actually spoke with the seller and told her to send the cards to SGC for grading. She described the same thing about them. She said they were not like cards but just old photos and very thin. Maybe they are real??? She says she has some other older photos that were with these cards of Sisler and Ruth. Who knows but hopefully they are good for her then.

[Anthony S.]

Remember that clown, Marketkingman? He sold a bunch of fakes back in the first few months of 2008 that he had created himself. Among those fakes were several T200 and T222 Fatimas. He was selling them out of Florida.

Originally Posted by Anthony S.

Remember that clown, Marketkingman? He sold a bunch of fakes back in the first few months of 2008 that he had created himself. Among those fakes were several T200 and T222 Fatimas. He was selling them out of Florida.

Ironically enough this is where these are located. They were found in a storage locker with a bunch of old photos. That is the story anyways

[kcohen]

Anybody know what happened?

She is sending them to SGC for Grading. As I said in a previous post here I spoke with her about these cards and told her that they are questionable to say the least and that if she had them graded and they were real to relist them after otherwise you are misleading without knowing wether they are real or not. She agreed so she pulled the listings I guess today.