Genuine or Fake E90-1 Joe Jackson?

[Matthew H]

Stay away from that seller, he's been selling fakes for awhile now.

[hunterdutchess]

I noticed this "unknown" 1951 Bowman Mantle rc sell the other day of over $500. Who are these people who spend that kind of cash on fake and 100% of the unknown cards on ebay are fakes!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[Matthew H]

Uh-oh Caps Lock.

[glchen]

Thanks for the advice. And maybe I should post another thread in the Memorabilia section on this, but is this an authentic tin that Mayo Cut cards would come in?

This is from ebay auction at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=310233986539

Thanks again!

[Ssavage]

I'm the dummy that bought that joe jackson card on ebay. Should've done more homework. Got an email from ebay after the sale stating that the card was a fake. Hopefully will get my money back (it was way less than $100) through ebay.

Should've known that it was too good to be true, but it seemed like the seller was legit. I was thinking of sending the card to PSA just to be sure.

[FrankWakefield]

If you shine uv light on it, black light, that card will fluoresce. That's because the paper on which it is printed was made after WW II. Modern papers almost always have brighteners added. Buying a black light would be much cheaper than paying postage and all that would be involved in sending that card to a grading service. And, if you buy the black light then you'll have it for future card acquisitions.

[ethicsprof]

judge frank is quite astute about the uv light.
i bought one 'round 5 or 6 years ago( wish i'd done so earlier) and it has
come in handy many times.

best,
barry

[Matthew H]

rpsitems has been selling fakes for a long time. I agree, just get your money back and leave negative feedback.

[esd10]

with the paper thing when i first got into collecting prewar cards i had gotten taken on a d304 evers that was a reprint and i used a uv light and it was good but when i looked at it under a magnifying glass it was not real.

[canjond]

Originally Posted by glchen

Thanks for the advice. And maybe I should post another thread in the Memorabilia section on this, but is this an authentic tin that Mayo Cut cards would come in?

This is from ebay auction at: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=310233986539

Thanks again!

Nope - they actually came in the Mayo lunchboxes. See here:

http://baseballandtobacco.com/n300.htm

[glchen]

Thanks for the feedback. I ended up not bidding on the tin, but I often like to collect the memorabilia (eg. wrappers, etc) associated with the cards that I'm collecting. I'll look more at that baseballandtobacco website. Thanks again!

[Bridwell]

Hey Jon,

I'm not so sure the Mayo's 1895 Baseball Cards were distributed in the Lunch Boxes. See below...