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05-11-2012, 03:15 PM
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Can't imagine there are fakes of this set floating around. Even the major-sport stars generally bring twenty to forty bucks VG to EX. Snead, Pollard? Why would some intrepid counterfeiter bother with those? I don't think you have anything to worry about.
Last edited by Volod; 05-11-2012 at 03:18 PM. 
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05-11-2012, 05:33 PM
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http://sportscardinfo.wordpress.com/...heaties-cards/
Thanks, I was reading the above link. I came across them in a recent lot I bought and I just don't know a great deal about them. I always try to find out before I list anything that I am not familiar with.
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05-12-2012, 07:14 PM
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That is the 1st time I've ever heard of fake '52's also. They sure don't offer anything concrete about them to convince me!
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05-13-2012, 07:26 PM
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I just looked through my incomplete set and the Musial portrait fits the warning-flag criteria provided by that site - it has snow-white borders and doesn't smell like old cardboard. Hmmm, now I'm wondering - paid around twenty bucks for it some time ago. If that card is a fake, it was very artfully executed, as it appears in all other aspects to be genuine.
Last edited by Volod; 05-13-2012 at 07:28 PM.
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05-13-2012, 07:56 PM
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Stultifying
Ok, scanned the Musial, along with a definitely genuine Williams for comparison. The scan doesn't really reflect the difference. The Musial has brilliant white borders, while Ted shows the typical off-white, slightly grayish tone of 60-year-old cardboard. Scanned the backs, but the images reveal no contrast. To the naked eye, the Musial back is about the same gray tone as the Ted. Thickness is indistinguishable. My smeller isn't what it used to be, but the Ted seems to have that funky ancient paper aroma that we all know, while the Musial is almost sterile - maybe somewhat new smelling. Like I said, however, if this Musial is a counterfeit, it sure fooled me. The real concern for me now is that it just looks like it was cut out of a Wheaties box yesterday.
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05-13-2012, 11:19 PM
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Hmmm... I am taking mine off auction until this gets figured out. Steve, look to the right of Stan's cap. The white area in between the background and the cap. Is that suppose to be there?
Last edited by Chesapeake; 05-13-2012 at 11:22 PM.
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