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Posted By: barrysloate

While cataloguing the Halper collection I got to see it regularly. First, keep in mind it is blank backed and thus not a finished product. And it seems that each of the five players have some color missing- would this lack of color be consistent with the strip simply missing its final color pass? Some, such as Ted Z., know a little more about the order in which the colors were applied. Having seen it in person, it does look ca. 1910, not inconsistent with what you would expect it to look like. Admittedly, it is an odd piece but being odd does not sign it off as a fake. You know, it could be examined by a major grading company for authenticity. Finally, for those who talked about copying the dot matrix pattern, if you make a good color photocopy of anything it will pick up exactly what it sees. So if an original has a dot matrix, the copy will look identical. I've made many color copies and cards look so real it is scary.