1952 Wheaties, how tell if counterfeit?
judgebuck
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I noticed in the 2008 SCD Standard Catalog for Baseball Cards that the 1952 wheaties cards were counterfeited in 2002. Can anyone tell me how, without professional grading, you can tell if you have an authentic one or a counterfeit one?
Always looking for Mantle cards such as Stahl Meyer, 1954 Dan Dee, 1959 Bazooka, 1960 Post, 1952 Star Cal Decal, 1952 Tip Top Bread Labels, 1953-54 Briggs Meat, and other Topps, Bowman, and oddball Mantles.
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1952 Wheaties Champions
In 1952 Wheaties issued this set of cards on the back of their boxes. The 2" x 2-3/4" cards needed to be hand cut from the back of the boxes making high quality samples almost impossible to find. The set featured 30 different champions from a variety of sports in both "Portrait" and "In-Action" poses for a total of 60 different cards. 10 of the 30 athletes are baseball players with football, basketball, golf, bowling, diving and other sports also included.
Top players in the set are Ted Williams, Stan Musial, George Mikan, Ben Hogan and Otto Graham.
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ripkinintheminors knows some wheaties stuff.
One thing tho - I have a few cutout copies like both Yogi's and one thing one would see with a grouping of these that might be hard to fake:
Notice what looks like wax stains on the backs? If you have ever tried to take the cellophane bag out of the box - it appears to be glued in place - my guess that's glue stains on the back.
If the cards look too perfect? That may be a "tell?"
This is just a guess - I'm clueless about this but just thought it was interesting to discuss.
mike
Also, if they're in any basement grading company slab, they are fakes.
These were part of the Roger Hooper/Pennsylvania Outdoorsman scheme of that period.