Ticket Collectors, Is this Ticket real ?

tennesseebanker

Would some of the Ticket collectors mind sharing your knowledge of tickets. I am thinking about getting into collecting these and would like to find out all I can. How easily are these counterfeited ? How can you Tell ?

Can any of the ticket experts tell me if the ticket below is real or not ??

Probstein123

lot of fakes out there...i can't tell unless I'm holding it...paper quality, gloss, smell, etc...

send to psa....thats your best bet

70sToppsGuy

I don't know if the ticket is real, but the pube at the top of perforation sure looks real.

YogiBerraFan

<< <i>I don't know if the ticket is real, but the pube at the top of perforation sure looks real.

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scashaggy

I never dreamed that I would climb over the moon in ecstasy...

tennesseebanker

<< <i>I don't know if the ticket is real, but the pube at the top of perforation sure looks real.

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I wonder if the pube is vintage ?

tennesseebanker

Does anyone know a reputable dealer of tickets, raw or slabbed ?

Stone193

I do have one suggestion.

According to the Cycleback web - paper made in the late 40s had optical brighteners put in them - which under black light will fluoresce.

Since this ticket is 1940 - if you have a black light - hit it in a dark room - if it doesn't fluoresce - it's more likely that it's "period" stock and more than likely good.

Just a suggestion - I know nothing about this stuff - just about the paper thing since it's very helpful with preWar cards.

tennesseebanker

Thanks Mike, Thats some very useful information.

Stone193

<< <i>Thanks Mike, Thats some very useful information. >>

You're welcome.

Here's a scan of early paper compared to modern paper and the how the black light affects it:



The period paper is placed on top of the modern paper.

ICE9

<< <i>Does anyone know a reputable dealer of tickets, raw or slabbed ? >>



I've never done business with them, but they a nice inventory of raw and slabbed stubs:

Chicago Tickets.

tennesseebanker

Thanks for the link, I have actually been to ChicagoTix and really didnt like the way the web-site was setup. N prices listed anywhere, confusing and cluttered.

diamondman

the ticket looks good to me, on a few fakes/reprints that I have seen , take a 10X loupe and look on the reverse of the ticket and where the stamp "Allied printing trade's union label council Chicago" will be stamped in solid black ink and very clear on the real ones, on the fakes it will be a dot pattern and unreadable. On the front of the ticket the red printing should be solid red on the fakes a dot pattern.
the other way is the feel of the paper the fakes I have seen are thinner and more glossy, this I know doesn't help much if you don't have a real one or familiar with tickets from this time frame. can't remember when they switched the paper stock , but I believe that it was in the late 40's early 50's.