Sport King Thorpe: Real of Fake?

Ahmanfan

Hello guys

I think the card on the right is real, bu tnot so sure about the card on the left. Can anyone tell? What more info would you need to be able to tell?

mikeschmidt

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baseballfanatic

Got a scan of the backs?

DaBigHurt

The one on the left is fake.

Ahmanfan

here is a scanof the back of the card on the left:

jimq112

Last week I asked about a 34 goudey and somebody pointed out that the dot pattern in the letters was different than the dot pattern in the card if it was real and it might be the same in a reprint. If you can do a real high resolution scan of just a small part of the card it's possible that might tell you.

Also not sure if it will help but they had me hold it up to a bright lite and if the light shines thru = fake.

If it's yours I hope it's real!

CDsNuts

That water stain on the back looks like others I've seen from that era. I'm not sure that's something that could be easily faked. I think it could be real. Then again, I'm no expert on cards from that era.

Lee

5STAT

the card on the left looks covered in dot matrix patterns...look at the green on the shirt..it's not a consistant color...nor is Thorpe's face...and the black on the bottom is dotted as well...it's not solid.

Looks like a new card that someone tried to make look old...

originalisbest

5STAT is on the mark, the card on the left is a scan of a real one, or perhaps a printout of a hires scan of a real one, affixed to (proably incorrect card stock) and "aged" in an attempt to deceive.