Bogus 52 Mantle?

[fkw]

hard to tell, the colors are screwed up (may just be contrast issues with scanner/photoshop??)

its a left stitch card and the back and front are correct (some reprints have the wrong back ie right stitch back on a left stitch front or vice versa)

many of the easier fakes to spot will have the image washed out and a new dark black borderline made (sometimes too thick), so its easy to see the color difference when you compare the "R" on uniform to the black line just below it. this doesnt have that prob. Also some fakes the border around the red box on back will have a combined width that is too wide, this doesnt have that prob

quick look, Id say its just bad scans

[fkw]

the thing that would piss me off if I was interested in the card, is for a card so pricey, the enlarged image is less than lifesize. if it were bigger it would be easier to see the details


but then again this memorylane auction has the same size small scan and the card is 2X the price... wtf??

go to scanning school! lol


http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-TOPPS-3...-/300601928959

[Cardboard Junkie]

Wow that's a tuff call from a scan.....I don't know Frank..I owned a dozen or so 52T 311's type 1 and 2 and I don't think I have ever seen Yankee's printed on the logo that sharp also the black outline of the logo looks razor sharp. You probably would know better than me, but thats one I'd like to see in person. Everything else seems good about it. Dave. (Hi, FKW keep dry and happy holidays).

[Cardboard Junkie]

if this is a fake it's a new kid on the block....that bat in the yankee logo aint right....that white in the bat doesnt appear on any other 52 t mantle i can find. hmmmmmm very very dubious. dave

[drc]

I think it's a poor quality scan or photo. He may have fooled around with the image too much (resize, fix colors or such)

[con40]

No way the card is real. The font in the PSA flip is wrong. This fake card is sitting in a frankenslab.

[ALR-bishop]

There you go again Keith, "clouding" the issue with facts

[Brianruns10]

Originally Posted by con40

No way the card is real. The font in the PSA flip is wrong. This fake card is sitting in a frankenslab.

Interesting, I did not catch that. I ran the number and it matched up...of course someone could've just lifted it from another auction.

What are the diagnostics for PSA fonts?

Also, I've requested a high res scan from the seller. He said he'd get one to me, but haven't heard from him yet...in a few more days if I haven't heard anything I'll notify the seller and/or ebay...