Posted By:
davidcyclebackWithout reading your post, I edited my post to add the bit about adding images
to original mounts. We were thinking the same thing.
As there were questions about the mount(the whiteness), one thing to do as a
collector is to have the seller send you a large head-one scan of the cabinet card.
If the card is evenly cut and shaped like others in the issue, that's a
good sign. As noted earlier, cabinet mounts were factory die cut. I don't know
about anyone else, but I don't have the ability to die-cut carboard mounts in
my basement. .... This doesn't have anything to do with potential mixing and
matching of images, but is relevant if someone's question is about the mount.
Similarly, if someone is trying to sell you a National Game or Polo Grounds game
card, you might request a head on shot. It would be darned hard for a forger
to duplicate the round-edged factory cut of the originals, and it's easy to
compare the cut of the for sale card with others in the issue.
Even if she specializes in stuffed toys, this seller, with high feedback and
reserve auction, does not fit the profile of a baseball card forger.