Turtlemania gold on ebay?

Jasper-X · 07-07-2012, 09:37 AM

i came across these two turtlemania golds on ebay and thought it was too good to be true. two copies, #4 of 10 and #6 of 10. both copies were sold by the same person for $450 each, however due to the extreme rarity of these items i figured they were fakes. i did a lot of research on these and the only thing that i could find was that on the first inside page (the only white page that is pictured in this auction) is slightly see through, which i dont believe is the case with the white and silver versions. only one of these copies had signatures from both eastman and laird on it, which i didnt find odd because that is the case with number #8 of 10, where as #1 and #2 of 10 did not have signatures. the links for the ended auctions are below, can anyone else offer some insight on these copies? my gut tells me they're fake, however if someone can offer some reasons why, that would be great. lastly if anyone knows how to tell the difference between a real and a fake so that in the future i can be well informed on the matter, that would be greatly helpful and appreciated.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_500wt_1258

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_500wt_1258

07-07-2012, 09:37 AM	#1
Jasper-X Hench Mutant Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 262	Turtlemania gold on ebay? i came across these two turtlemania golds on ebay and thought it was too good to be true. two copies, #4 of 10 and #6 of 10. both copies were sold by the same person for $450 each, however due to the extreme rarity of these items i figured they were fakes. i did a lot of research on these and the only thing that i could find was that on the first inside page (the only white page that is pictured in this auction) is slightly see through, which i dont believe is the case with the white and silver versions. only one of these copies had signatures from both eastman and laird on it, which i didnt find odd because that is the case with number #8 of 10, where as #1 and #2 of 10 did not have signatures. the links for the ended auctions are below, can anyone else offer some insight on these copies? my gut tells me they're fake, however if someone can offer some reasons why, that would be great. lastly if anyone knows how to tell the difference between a real and a fake so that in the future i can be well informed on the matter, that would be greatly helpful and appreciated. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_500wt_1258 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_500wt_1258