Think this 1947 Bond Robinson is real or not?

CocoaBeachDodgers

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Got a chance to grab this at a little local auction, do you think it is the real McCoy?

coachnip13

Those folds/ creases look to be made on purpose to give it the appearance of being old and worn. I would stay away.

Dnice

Those folds/ creases look to be made on purpose to give it the appearance of being old and worn. I would stay away.

I agree. The do look a little suspicious. Some folds go all the way across, others half half folds?? That top left corner raises my suspicion even more because its in the complete opposite direction of the other folds which the person did to probably make it look even more worn as coachnip mentioned.

DanBessette

FAKE!

Carew29

Buy it and send it in to PSA

CocoaBeachDodgers

Thanks for the input. I was kind of thinking the same, the corners looked to good compared to the creases. What I do like about the card though, is the centering. It is off the same direction on front & back. So how much would you pay for this item to take a chance on it? $5? $25? $100?

DanBessette

zero.

ldferg

<< <i>Those folds/ creases look to be made on purpose to give it the appearance of being old and worn. I would stay away. >>

c

agreed

biggmacc

Do you have better photos? There are some good qualities about the card...

Edit to add: It is likely authentic, but cannot render without better photos.

msassin

far from an expert on the issue - but I'd lean towards authentic

The portrait it was the most common card from the Jackie Robinson set.

I used to go to a lot of Hooper auctions years ago (guy that counterfeited a lot of the regular Bond Bread cards) and he never tried selling this.

All that said - How much would I pay to take a chance on it? $20-30 (is it really worth much more than $50-75 in that condition?)

biggmacc

<< <i>far from an expert on the issue - but I'd lean towards authentic

The portrait it was the most common card from the Jackie Robinson set.

I used to go to a lot of Hooper auctions years ago (guy that counterfeited a lot of the regular Bond Bread cards) and he never tried selling this.

All that said - How much would I pay to take a chance on it? $20-30 (is it really worth much more than $50-75 in that condition?) >>



In that shape its $200~

packCollector

I'd say it is good. the way the paper is separating on the folds looks to be in line with the stock that was used which I would expect to "crack" if bent folded like the card pictured.

here are some low grade authentic example fronts and backs to compare it to

1954

I think it is fake.

jasoneggert

I think it is real. I have 2 of these currently and just sold a PSA 1 for $223.

-Jason