Question about Recolored Borders

I am putting together a raw set of 71 baseball and was wondering how easy is it to tell if someone has tampered with the black borders?
When someone does recolor is it normally to fill in an area that was chipped?
If anyone has an example they could show me that would be very helpful.
Thanks!
Rick
When someone does recolor is it normally to fill in an area that was chipped?
If anyone has an example they could show me that would be very helpful.
Thanks!
Rick

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Also, many times the recolored ink is a shade lighter then the original black.
If you are still concerned look at the card with a black light
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Sometimes the black magic marker is easy to spot with the naked eye, but I've heard that a foolproof way to tell is to put a suspect card under a black light - the marked spots will then stand out like a sore thumb.
Another way to tell if a card has been tampered with is to look at the edges of the card - if a magic marker has been used, some of the black ink will have seeped down the edge.
(Edit: Basically what everyone else has been saying...)
Hope this helps.
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<< <i>In addition to what others have said, you can also tell by the fact the recolored area has no sheen while the legitimate top black surface reflects light. So if you see a spot of dull black, that's recoloring. >>
If you don't have a black light, this is how you can spot the recoloring along with looking at the edges where the marker would tend to bleed out.
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<< <i>They also use ink, crayon and all kinds of different magic markers or sharpie. Some will be very obvious and some will be very well done. If you some doubles mark a tip with a sharpie to see what it looks like. Stuff marked will look different, both dull or shiny or just odd. Take a real good look at a few hundred corners and edges on your known good cards, under both magnification and card in hand. Get accustomed to what good corners and edges are supposed to look like. Then when you see a bad card it will stick out like a sore thumb. >>
I agree. After you've looked at enough of these cards, some with recoloring, it's not difficult to tell the recolored ones. I've only ever submitted one '71 that came back as 'recolored' and it was my fault for not inspecting it in decent light before submitting it.
Also, just hold the card under a good light - like an Ott light - horizontal to the table and tilt is slightly back and forth - as was said - the "recolored" area will stick out like a sore thumb!
I - unfortunately - have a 65T RC that I missed - the white was slightly touched up.
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