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Thoughts on these Desert Shield cards

CardCollector11CardCollector11 Posts: 34 ✭✭
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Looking for any help on these. Have had them since the early 90s






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  • mcolney1mcolney1 Posts: 981 ✭✭✭

    How to Spot a Fake
    For all those that have read this far without falling asleep, a true Desert Shield card should by now, be easier to spot. A true Desert Shield card should have the following characteristics:

    Desert Shield logo should be 13mm X 15 mm
Desert Shield logo should have a rounded bottom
Desert Shield logo should be "crisp" and not fuzzy
The logo can be either goldish or slightly silver - both colors seem to be legitimate
Stars on the Flag should not be fuzzy
The card should be a Glow Back ie flouresce under UV light. The red 40th Anniversary should jump out under UV light
The tip of the bottom most palm leaf should point between the "R & A" in " O P E R A T I O N"; fake logos have the word " OPERATION" shifted slightly to the left.
    Collecting Topps, Philadelphia and Kellogg's from 1964-1989
  • steel75steel75 Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭✭

    Based on the above post.......those appear FAKE

    1970's Steelers, Vintage Indians
  • 82FootballWaxMemorys82FootballWaxMemorys Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 21, 2022 6:18PM


    I asked about above a year back here and was told it is authentic; https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1046063/desert-shield

    It was purchased by a good buddy of mine from an ad in SCD 1 week after they were issued. Back then it was not enough time to get geared up to produce fakes, a few months later they woudl be around though.

    He sold all his Desert Shield's in 2020 but held on to the Ripken for me. I also have a few (Eddie Murray, Winfield, Fisk) ( ordered from that same SCD ad. I felt they were 7's or 8's, which means if I send them in now they will be 5's and 6's, so I'll just keep them in their Card Savers.

    It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)

  • collector789collector789 Posts: 19 ✭

    fake. I saw these at card shows around Dallas in the early 2000s.

  • 82FootballWaxMemorys82FootballWaxMemorys Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @collector789 said:
    fake. I saw these at card shows around Dallas in the early 2000s.

    Not disagreeing but what do you see that confirms it for you. Specifically on the Lasorda

    It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)

  • collector789collector789 Posts: 19 ✭

    I'd say the thickness of the gold foil and its differentiating thickness. It's hard to pinpoint exactly but I had deja vu

  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have a small handful of commons from a BBCE rip a couple years back if anyone is interested.

    ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240

  • 82FootballWaxMemorys82FootballWaxMemorys Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @collector789 said:
    I'd say the thickness of the gold foil and its differentiating thickness. It's hard to pinpoint exactly but I had deja vu

    I was thinking lack of definition in the 2 outer shield lines. With my Ripken they are crisp and well defined. You can clearly see the image on the card between the 2 lines. With the ones in the first post the 2 lines blob together are various points.

    It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)

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